Table 4

Smoking status among respondents according to psychiatric diagnosis during the past year

Past year diagnosisUS population, %Current smoker, %Lifetime smoker, %Cross-sectional quit rate, %Longitudinal quit rate, %
No diagnosis49.015.532.348.322.3
Any diagnosis25.939.0†56.7†28.6†17.7†
Social phobia2.832.4†54.7†38.0†13.1†
Agoraphobia0.749.0†65.8†24.7†12.6†
Panic disorder1.747.7†61.7†21.7†14.0†
Major depression7.939.8†55.9†26.7†14.5†
Dysthymia2.343.7†60.9†26.8†10.3†
Specific phobia7.234.5†53.5†33.3†17.9†
Psychotic disorder or episode*
Alcohol abuse or dependence8.551.0†64.5†17.0†17.7†
Antisocial personality, or conduct disorder*
Generalised anxiety disorder2.342.4†56.9†23.9†13.5†
Drug abuse or dependence2.066.7†77.6†9.8†13.8†
Mania or hypomania3.044.3†57.0†20.7†15.3†
  • All estimates and significance tests accounted for the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions survey design. Specific diagnoses were not mutually exclusive. Significance tests conducted using Wald tests.

  • *Psychosis and antisocial personality/conduct disorder were only measured as lifetime occurrence.

  • †Compared with those with no diagnosis, difference was statistically significant, p<0.001.