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KMID : 0388520030150010017
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Nursing Science - Ewha Womans University
2003 Volume.15 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.22
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Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, and Depression in Women Smokers
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of cigarette smoking, nicotine dependency, alcohol drinking, and depression arid to investigate the relationships among the variables in women smokers.
The sample consisted of 138 community-dwelling women smokers who lived in Seoul.
Questionnaires were used to coiled data using the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire, Q-F Typology, and 20-item CES-D.
Subjects smoked with a mean of 3.4 cigarette packs per week and 1.4% was dependent on nicotine. Twenty-five percent of the subjects smoked the first cigarette within 30 minutes after they wake up in the morning. Subjects consumed alcohol with a mean of 12.63 units per week. Twenty-five percent of the subjects were heavy drinkers. Seventy-two percent of the subjects were depressed.
Smoking and nicotine dependency were positively related to alcohol drinking and depression in this study. Alcohol drinking was not related to depression.
Health promotion program and smoking cessation program should be developed for women smokers
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