Feeling stressed can make ex-smokers relapse, but noticing a fresher home helps keep them on the wagon

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-12-10 03:00

Australia; VIC

CC-0

Surveys of 584 ex-smokers in Australia and the UK by Aussie and international researchers found those who felt they were less able to cope with stress since quitting were more likely to relapse, compared to those who reported no change. But ex-smokers who noticed their homes were fresher and cleaner were less likely to relapse than those who hadn't noticed. No differences were found between UK and Aussie ex-smokers, the researchers add. Helping ex-smokers develop new stress coping strategies and emphasising positive impacts such as a fresher home may help ex-smokers stay off the smokes, they conclude.

Attachments

Note: Not all attachments are visible to the general public. Research URLs will go live after the embargo ends.

Research Wiley, Web page The URL will go live after the embargo ends

Journal/
conference: Drug & Alcohol Review

Research:Paper

Organisation/s: The University of Melbourne, Deakin University

Funder: The ITC Four Country Survey is supported by multiple grants, including R01 CA 100362, P01 CA138389 and P01 CA200512, all funded by the National Cancer Institute of the United States, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-115016), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (APP1005922; APP1106451). Additional support is provided to GTF by a Senior Investigator Award from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (IA-004) and the Canadian Cancer Society O. Harold Warwick Prize. AH is supported by a Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Sciences US National Cancer Institute grant (U54 CA238110).

Media Contact/s

Contact details are only visible to registered journalists.