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The aim of the current study is to test whether smoking frequency relates to life satisfaction <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> SRH pathway.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data were extracted from Wave 7 (collected between 2015 and 2016), Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). After removing non-smokers and participants with missing variables of interest, 5, 519 smokers out of 39, 293 participants remained for further analysis. Correlation coefficients were calculated between smoking frequency, SRH, and life satisfaction. Mediation analysis was performed by taking smoking frequency as the predictor, SRH as the mediator, life satisfaction as the outcome variable, and demographics as covariates using the mediation toolbox on MATLAB 2018a with 10000 bootstrap sample significance testing (<jats:ext-link>https:\/\/github.com\/canlab\/MediationToolbox<\/jats:ext-link>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current study found a negative correlation between smoking frequency and life satisfaction [r = \u22120.09, 95% C.I (\u22120.12, \u22120.06), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001] and between smoking frequency and SRH [r = \u22120.17, 95% C.I (\u22120.14, \u22120.19), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001], and a positive correlation between SRH and life satisfaction [r = 0.44, 95% C.I (0.41, 0.46), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001]. Results from the mediation analysis revealed that there is a significant effect of Path a [i.e., smoking frequency to SRH; \u03b2 = \u22120.02, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, 95% C.I. (\u22120.02, \u22120.02)], Path b [SRH to life satisfaction; \u03b2 = 0.68, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, 95% C.I. (0.66, 0.69)], Path c' [direct effect; \u03b2 = \u22120.01, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01, 95% C.I. (0.66, 0.69)], Path c [total effect; \u03b2 =-0.02, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, 95% C.I. (\u22120.02, \u22120.02)], and Path a<jats:sup>*<\/jats:sup>b [mediation effect; \u03b2 = \u22120.01, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, 95% C.I. (\u22120.01, \u22120.014)].<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>SRH partially mediated the negative relationship between smoking frequency and life satisfaction. Findings from the current study may imply that antismoking campaigns and pamphlets are needed to counter the promotion of smoking by the tobacco industry. 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