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Why People with Mental Health Conditions Smoke So Much and What To Do About It
John Hughes
University of Vermont, USA
john.hughes@uvm.edu
Disclosure
I have received grants, consulting fees or speaking fees from most of the priviate
companies, non-profits and governmental organizations prompting smoking
cessation devices, medication and services.
Nicotine, The “Renaissance”Drug
• Relieves anxiety and depression
• Relieves anger
• Improves concentration
• Decreases hunger
What Are the Problems Facing 16 yr Olds?
• Controlling mood
• Controlling anger
• Concentrating
• Controlling weight
• Occurs quickly after the behavior
• Frequent self-administration
• Effects occurs reliably
• No intoxication
• Requires few skills to obtain
Nicotine Via Cigarettes is the Perfect Reward
No disorder 43%
Major depression 38%
Anxiety disorders 33%
Alcohol/Drug 29%
Schizophrenia 27%
Bipolar 17%
Lifetime Smoking Cessation Rates by Psychiatric Disorder (Lasser 99)
Cause of Death in Recovering Alcoholics
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Expenditures on Tobacco
• Smokers with schizophrenia spend 27% of income on tobacco
• Cf: In US, 20% spent on housing and 10% spent on food
Casual Flow of Depression and Smoking
(Breslau 1991)
• Depression predicts progress to daily smoking OR = 3.0
• Smoking predicts onset of depression OR = 1.9
Smokers with vs without Mental Health Conditions
• Fewer neversmokers (20% vs 55%)
• Fewer exsmokers (10% vs 25%)
• Fewer quit attempts (15% vs 45%)
• Less success when try to quit (10% vs 15%)
Ever Quit =
Success/Quit Attemptx
Number of Quit Attempts
The lower rate of lifetime cessation is as much due to
fewer quit attempts as to less success on a given attempt.
Examples of How Smoking Interacts with Dx and Tx of
Mental Health Disorders
Hints for Smoke-Free Facilities
• Explain rationale
– to decrease second hand smoke – to decrease initiation or relapse among never
or former smokers on ward– not to pressure you to quit
• Treat withdrawal with NRT
• Predicted disasters do not occur
Nicotine Withdrawal
• Anxiety• Restlessness• Irritability• Difficulty concentrating• Hunger/weight gain• Insomnia• Depressed mood• Decreased heart rate
Overlap in Nicotine Withdrawal and Mental Health
Diagnosis and Tx
Symptom Diagnosis
Irritability Drug withdrawalInsomnia Several disordersRestlessness AkathesiaWeight gain TCA side-effects
Smoking Abstinence Increases Drug Blood Levels
Fluphenazine Fluvoxamine Haloperidol Imipramine Oxazepam
CaffeineClomipramineClozarilClozapineDoxepin
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20
40
60
80Blood Levels by Smoking Status
Smokers Nonsmokers Smokers Nonsmokers
Clozaril Fluvoxamine
Mental Health Disorder
General population
Pre-contemplation
43% 57%
Contemplation 38% 33%Preparation 19% 10%
Interest in Quitting Smoking
Interest in Quitting Smoking Among Those with Alcohol Problems
(Hall, 09)
• 44% - 80% want to quit in near future
• 25% want to stop concurrent with stopping alcohol
Ever Quit =
Number of Quit Attemptsx
Success/Quit Attempt
Lay Explanations of Behavior Change
• Cathartic event
• Sudden insight
• Large contingency
• Solid decision to change: “Just Do It”
Effect of Cumulative EventsScenario 1
Clinician Kids UncleAdvice Cough complain Embarrassed Dies
Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation
1 Year
Effect of Cumulative EventsScenario 2
Uncle Kids ClinicianDies Cough Complain Embarrassed Advice
Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation
1 Year
Effect of Not Presenting Cue
• When MDs do not mention smoking, smokers conclude – My use is not that problematic – The MD does not think I can change
Tips for Treating Smoking in Those with Mental Health Conditions
•Keep smoking cessation on problem list
•Motivate every few months using personal risks and discussing barriers
•Let patient decide timing
Prompting Quit Attempts
• Best done when less symptomatic • Set up as natural progression from conquering
one problem to taking on another one• Emphasize many quit without mental health
conditions
Addressing Smoking in People with Mental Health Conditions
• 90% of effort is prompting quit attempt
• 90% of time not be successful
• 90% of time will take several prompts
Relapse Curve in Self-Quitters
Proven Treatments • Behavioral Therapies
– Quitlines
– Groups
– Individual
• Medications
– Nicotine gum, inhaler, lozenge, patch, combinations
– Bupropion
– Varenicline
Behavioral Treatments
• Usually increase quitting by 1.5x
• Quitlines effective – but used by < 5%
• Group and individual effective but rarely available
• Internet and social media effective
• No recent progress in improving outcomes
• No reimbursement
• Few trained therapists
New Behavioral Treatments
• Mindfulness
• Acceptance Therapy
• Behavioral Activation Therapy
• Persistence Therapy
• Exposure Therapy
ORs for Effect of Proven Medications
Nicotine gum 1.7
Nicotine patch 1.7
Nicotine inhaler 2.1
Nicotine lozenge 2.1
Combined NRTs 2.4
OTC NRT 2.0
Bupropion 2.1
Varenicline 2.8
Better Use of Treatment
• Combined patch + ad lib NRT or Varenicline is
first line tx
• Pre-treatment
• Extended Treatment
•Continued use after a lapse
Other Medication Treatments Under Study
• Mouth spray• Faster oral NRT• Snus• True nicotine inhalers• Non-nicotine cigarettes• Cytisine • Sensory replacement• Vaccine
Varenicline and Psychological Adverse
Events
• Based on case reports
• Not found in meta-analysis of 39 trials
• Not found in five large real world data sets (total n > 55,000)
Types of Treatments Used
• No treatment 63%
• OTC Medications 25%
• Rx Medications 8%
• Talking tx 2%
• Internet 2%
Incidence of Treatment Use
• Smoking 25-35%
• Depression 25-50%
• Alcoholism 10-12%
Percent of Quit Attempts That are Unplanned
Larabie, 2005 52%
West, 2000 49%
Fergusen, 2009 40%
2/3rds of Rxs for varenicline are patient initiated
Non-Cessation Indications
• Reduction as preliminary to abstinence
• Reduction to reduce harm
• Withdrawal relief during temporary abstinence
Reduction in Unmotivated Smokers
No Tx Reduction Motivational
Quit Attempt 16% 43% 51%
6 Mo Quit 4% 18% 23%
Reduce-to-Quit
• Gradual cessation is common (35-60% of attempts)
• RTQ approved in many European countries and Canada
• Unlikely to be approved in US anytime soon
Tips for Treating Smoking in People with Mental Health
Conditions
•Tailored or more intensive treatment not essential
• Neither therapy nor meds are essential
•Monitor weekly to prevent remission of alcohol / drug problem
Tips for Treating Smoking in Those with Mental Health
Disorder
• Therapists already have many of the skills needed, only brief training needed for most clinicians
• Associate with nonsmoking friends
• Buddy systems with ex-smokers
Does Cessation Precipitate Psychiatric Relapse?
• 0-18% of smokers with past history of MDD relapse during abstinence
• The mental health of most smokers improves with abstinence
Long-term Effect of Smoking Cessation
Long-Term Effect of Cessation
Tips for Motivating Cessation in Patients with Mental Health
Conditions
• Combat prior messages that patient lacks ability to quit
•Consider small steps: e.g. reduction
• Reduction may not reduce health risks but does increase later quitting
Tips for Treating Smoking in People with Mental Health
Conditions• Recommend proven therapies
• Not necessary to use tailored or more intensive treatment
• Monitor closely to prevent remission of mental health condition
Summary
• Nicotine produces psychological benefits
• Smokers with mental disorders often die from smoking-related illnesses
• Those with mental disorders more likely to start and less likely to quit smoking
• Increasing quit attempts as important as, if not more important than, aiding quit attempts
Summary
• Social support, especially from peers, important
• May want to begin with reduction goal
• Mental health clinicians have many of the skills need to motivate and help smokers quit
• Acquiring expertise is easy
Summary
• May not need tailored or more intensive treatment
• Abstinence symptoms can mimic psychological symptoms
• Abstinence can change levels of psychiatric medications
• Abstinence may increase relapse of mental disorder in small minority
Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence
An organization of providers dedicated to the promotion of and increased access to evidence-based tobacco treatment for the
tobacco user.
www.attud.org
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