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This study examined whether sustained smoking abstinence following psychiatric hospitalization is associated with changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This secondary analysis used data from the Helping HAND 3 RCT of a smoking cessation intervention among psychiatric inpatients. Participants (N\u2009=\u2009224) with elevated baseline depression and\/or anxiety symptoms on the PROMIS Depression and Anxiety Short Forms 8a were assessed at 1, 3, and 6 months post-discharge. Self-reported continuous abstinence (vs continuous smoking) was examined as a predictor of depressive and anxiety symptoms using linear mixed models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Continuous abstinence was associated with significant reductions in depressive (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22123.88, 95% CI: \u22127.29, \u22120.47, P\u2009=\u2009.026) and anxiety symptoms (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22125.06, 95% CI: \u22128.11, \u22122.02, P\u2009=\u2009.001) across follow-up. Significant abstinence-by-time interactions indicated that longer durations of abstinence were associated with greater symptom improvements. At 6\u00a0months, abstinence, compared to continued smoking, was associated with large reductions in depression (Cohen\u2019s d\u2009=\u20091.10) and anxiety (Cohen\u2019s d\u2009=\u20091.21). Participants who remained abstinent improved from markedly elevated baseline symptom levels to near population norms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sustained smoking abstinence following psychiatric hospitalization is associated with substantial improvements in depression and anxiety. These findings challenge concerns that tobacco cessation worsens psychiatric symptoms and suggest that integrating evidence-based cessation interventions into routine psychiatric care could improve overall treatment outcomes without compromising symptom stability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Study findings revealed that, among smokers hospitalized for psychiatric disorders, continuous abstinence (vs continuous smoking) following psychiatric hospital discharge was associated with significant reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms over 6\u00a0months among smokers who presented with significantly elevated levels of depression or anxiety at baseline. These findings challenge existing beliefs of smokers and mental health professionals that quitting smoking will lead to worsening depressive and anxiety symptoms. Programs to promote smoking abstinence in psychiatric and mental health treatment settings are likely to have dual benefits for this population, promoting both improved mental health as well as physical health outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ntr\/ntag208","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T11:52:48Z","timestamp":1788954768000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sustained smoking abstinence following psychiatric hospitalization is associated with substantial decreases in depression and anxiety symptoms"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1458-9285","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Richard A","family":"Brown","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX ,","place":["United States"]},{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX 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