Smokers with bipolar disorder, other affective disorders, and no mental health conditions: Comparison of baseline characteristics and success at quitting in a large 12-month behavioral intervention randomized trial

In epidemiologic studies, bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with high rates of ever-smoking and a low proportion of successful quitters (Lasser et al., 2000). Consistent with the high prevalence of smoking and low rate of quitting, the prevalence of tobacco-related disease in adults with BD--including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease--exceeds that of individuals without mental health conditions (MHCs) (Carney and Jones, 2006; Crump et al., 2013). As a result, life expectancy is several decades shorter for people with BD than for those without MHCs (Colton and Manderscheid, 2006).
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