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Premenstrual symptoms (PMS) may reduce smoking cessation success.
The behavioural, psychological
or any physical change results before menses are categorized as premenstrual
syndrome (PMS). This creates various mood swings and decreases the
determination of quitting smoking. This study evaluated that urge to smoke
increases during premenstrual days, and there is a need for devoting particular
attention to these patients for achieving success.
Premenstrual symptoms (PMS) may reduce smoking cessation
success. Yet, little is known about the factors that may impact smoking
cessation among women with elevated PMS, leaving little data to guide smoking
cessation science and practice for this population. This cross-sectional study
is a secondary analysis of data from laboratory studies focused on menstrual
cycle effects and smoking.
Premenopausal woman daily smokers (n = 157) completed
self-report measures of tobacco dependence and other cessation-relevant factors
(i.e., smoking cessation history, withdrawal during previous quit attempts, use
of smoking cessation aids) as well as a measure assessing 3 domains of
PMS—effective, water retention, and pain.
After controlling for depression and race, effective PMS
were associated with greater daytime tobacco dependence, withdrawal symptoms
during most recent quit attempt, and number of smoking cessation aids used in
past quit attempts (βs = .19–.28, ps < .05). Additionally, effective PMS
were associated with increased odds of having used e-cigarettes during past
quit attempts (odds ratio = 1.54, 95% confidence interval [1.06, 2.24]) after
adjusting for depression and race. These results across different domains of
PMS suggest that effective PMS may play a particularly important role in
smoking cessation.
Women with elevated effective PMS may be more inclined to
try cessation aids and require special clinical attention to controlling
tobacco withdrawal during quit attempts to increase success.
Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2017 Jul 6:1-9
Premenstrual Symptoms and Factors Implicated in Smoking Cessation Among Woman Smokers
Pang RD et al.
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