Although depressed smokers tried to quit smoking more often than other smokers, they were more likely to return to smoking within a month.

‘Although smokers with depression tried to quit smoking more often than other smokers, they were more likely to return to smoking within a month.’

Health professionals should be aware that smokers with depression may highly motivated to quit but will often need additional support. There is very strong evidence that seeing a stop-smoking specialist (eg, a Quitline advisor) and also using nicotine products such as nicotine skin patch and nicotine gum (ideally more than one product at a time), or the prescription medicine varenicline (Champix), substantially improves smokers' chances of quitting successfully.




Source-Eurekalert