ORLANDO, Florida ― Smoking cigarettes, even for a short time, is associated with a significantly lower quality of life (QoL), new research suggests.
A review of 54 studies that assessed QoL in relation to smoking showed that taking up smoking even for a brief duration was associated with lower physical, mental, and social functioning and increased depression.
"The message is important to get across to clinicians and to smokers and may help people quit," lead author Matthew Goldenberg, DO, from Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, told Medscape Medical News.
"We are trying to change the perception that our patients with mental illness or co-occurring addictions have about smoking. They feel that smoking actually helps their nerves and calms them down, when in fact it actually has a negative impact on their quality of life, even if they've been smoking for a few weeks or months," he added.
>READ MORE about the study from medscape.com
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