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Study links depression and anxiety symptoms to higher mortality in smokers

Original: We looked at whether depression and anxiety were associated with all cause mortality in cigarette smokers (current and f

Researchers examined whether depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with all-cause mortality among current and former cigarette smokers. They report that these symptoms independently predict mortality, meaning the association held after adjusting for numerous other factors. The findings are available as a preprint, and the authors are inviting scrutiny of the work before peer review.

Why now: The finding that mental health symptoms independently predict death risk in smokers is newly released as a preprint and is drawing attention.

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• We looked at whether depression and anxiety were associated with all cause mortality in cigarette smokers (current and former) and, yeah, those symptoms independently predict mortality. In this case independent means that we adjusted for lots of other stuff. It's a preprint at… · mycotropic@beige.party · 3

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