TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic stress symptoms and smoking among World Trade Center disaster responders
T2 - A longitudinal investigation
AU - Zvolensky, Michael J.
AU - Farris, Samantha G.
AU - Kotov, Roman
AU - Schechter, Clyde B.
AU - Bromet, Evelyn
AU - Gonzalez, Adam
AU - Vujanovic, Anka
AU - Pietrzak, Robert H.
AU - Crane, Michael
AU - Kaplan, Julia
AU - Moline, Jacqueline
AU - Southwick, Steven M.
AU - Feder, Adriana
AU - Udasin, Iris
AU - Reissman, Dori B.
AU - Luft, Benjamin J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Purpose The current longitudinal study examined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity in relation to smoking abstinence and reduction over time among responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. Method Participants were 763 police and 1881 non-traditional (e.g., construction workers) WTC responders who reported being smokers at an initial examination obtained between July 2002 and July 2011 at the WTC Health Program (WTC-HP). WTC responders were reassessed, on average, 2.5 years later. Results For police WTC responders, higher levels of WTC-related PTSD symptoms at the initial visit were associated with a decreased likelihood of smoking abstinence (OR = 0.98, p =.002) and with decreased smoking reduction (β = -.06, p =.012) at the follow-up visit. WTC-related PTSD symptom severity was not related to likelihood of smoking abstinence or change in number of cigarettes smoked among non-traditional responders. Post hoc analyses suggested that for police, hyperarousal PTSD symptoms were predictive of decreased abstinence likelihood at the follow-up visit (OR = 0.56, p =.006). Discussion The present findings suggest that PTSD symptoms may be differentially related to smoking behavior among police and non-traditional WTC responders in a naturalistic, longitudinal investigation. Future work may benefit from exploring further which aspects of PTSD (as compared to each other and to common variance) explain smoking maintenance.
AB - Purpose The current longitudinal study examined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity in relation to smoking abstinence and reduction over time among responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. Method Participants were 763 police and 1881 non-traditional (e.g., construction workers) WTC responders who reported being smokers at an initial examination obtained between July 2002 and July 2011 at the WTC Health Program (WTC-HP). WTC responders were reassessed, on average, 2.5 years later. Results For police WTC responders, higher levels of WTC-related PTSD symptoms at the initial visit were associated with a decreased likelihood of smoking abstinence (OR = 0.98, p =.002) and with decreased smoking reduction (β = -.06, p =.012) at the follow-up visit. WTC-related PTSD symptom severity was not related to likelihood of smoking abstinence or change in number of cigarettes smoked among non-traditional responders. Post hoc analyses suggested that for police, hyperarousal PTSD symptoms were predictive of decreased abstinence likelihood at the follow-up visit (OR = 0.56, p =.006). Discussion The present findings suggest that PTSD symptoms may be differentially related to smoking behavior among police and non-traditional WTC responders in a naturalistic, longitudinal investigation. Future work may benefit from exploring further which aspects of PTSD (as compared to each other and to common variance) explain smoking maintenance.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.08.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 26555491
AN - SCOPUS:84946750313
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 63
SP - 46
EP - 54
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
ER -