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Smoking patterns and abstinence effects in smokers with no ADHD, childhood ADHD, and adult ADHD symptomatology
- Source :
- Addictive Behaviors. 28:1149-1157
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- Cigarette smokers are known to be overrepresented among adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). To date, however, no attempt has been made to determine the extent to which a lifetime diagnosis of ADHD may be associated with smoking even in the absence of current symptomatology. We hypothesized that nicotine dependence and abstinence effects-especially effects relevant to ADHD symptomatology-would be more pronounced in adult ADHD smokers in comparison with those who reported childhood ADHD symptoms only. Results indicated that, in contrast to controls without ADHD symptomatology, both adult and childhood ADHD groups were significantly more likely to experience a number of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, including irritability and difficulty concentrating; in no instance did the ADHD groups differ from one another in this regard. Thus, studying people with childhood symptoms of ADHD, even in the absence of an adult diagnosis, may shed light on the known association between smoking and ADHD.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Urban Population
media_common.quotation_subject
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Craving
Toxicology
Irritability
behavioral disciplines and activities
Nicotine
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Adhd symptoms
Child
Psychiatry
media_common
Smoking
Tobacco Use Disorder
Middle Aged
Abstinence
medicine.disease
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Logistic Models
Nicotine withdrawal
El Niño
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Female
Smoking Cessation
medicine.symptom
Psychology
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03064603
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Addictive Behaviors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....58a911298ac8e89e42b7a104dd5a02c2