Former smokers are more likely to be older than 65 and never married, with some college education and annual incomes over $75,000
Between 2005 and 2016, major depression among former smokers rose to 6% from nearly 5%. They also said their use of marijuana had increased to 10.1% from 5.3% in the year prior to being interviewed, and binge drinking rose to 22.3% from 17.2% in the month prior to being interviewed, according to the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Depression and substance use, which are factors associated with increased risk for cigarette use relapse, appear to be increasing over time among former U.S. smokers. Former smokers were more likely to be older than 65 and never married, with some college education and annual incomes over $75,000. More than 50% had also quit smoking for three years or more.
The data in the study were drawn from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual, nationally representative study. More than 67,000 individuals aged 18 and over participated in the study. The authors claimed it’s the first national U.S. study to focus on the prevalence and time trends of depression, marijuana use and problematic alcohol use among former smokers.
Every state in the country taxes cigarettes, with the average tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes sitting at $1.81 and some taxes — like the one in New York state — reaching as high as $4.35. These are on top of the $1.01 federal cigarette tax. A pack of cigarettes in New York City now starts at $13. This supports previous research on the effectiveness of tobacco taxation in reducing smoking.
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