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Major Depression Linked To Stages Of Smoking CHICAGO, IL -- February 10, 1998 – Researchers from the Henry Ford Health Sciences Center in Detroit, MI. have found that a history of major depression was associated with progression of smoking and that a history of daily smoking was associated with increased risk for major depression. Naomi Breslau, Ph.D., and colleagues presented the study findings in this month’s issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. The findings were based on a five-year longitudinal epidemiologic study of 1,007 adults 22 to 35 years old. The researchers found: -- A history of major depression was associated with a three-fold increase in the risk for progression to daily smoking -- A history of major depression did not significantly decrease a smoker's rate of quitting during the ensuing five years -- A history of daily smoking significantly increased the risk for major depression This study is the first report on the influence of major depression on the progression of smoking among people who have ever smoked, according to the researchers. The data offer a view of the relationship between major depression and the progression to daily smoking across a respondent's life span and suggest that the influence of major depression on the progression to daily smoking begins in adolescence but does not predict smoking initiation. "The observed influences from smoking to major depression and from major depression to subsequent daily smoking support the plausibility of shared etiologies," the authors write. “Our results suggest that history of early conduct problems was an influential antecedent factor in both smoking and major depression and that history of early conduct problems accounted in part for the observed associations of major depression with smoking stages. "The potential role of neuroticism, self-esteem and social skills in the depression-smoking association is an important topic for future research." E-mail this page to a friend or colleague! To print, use this version