The
NSDUH Report: Nicotine Dependence: 2006
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format
(also has the data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- Nicotine
dependence was measured in SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and
Health among past month cigarette smokers, using criteria derived from
the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale and the Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine
Dependence. A major depressive episode was defined using the DSM-IV
diagnostic criteria which specifies a period of two weeks or longer
during which there is (1) either depressed mood or loss of interest
or pleasure AND (2) at least four other symptoms that reflect a change
in functioning (such as problems with sleeping, eating, energy, concentration,
and self image).
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, of the 61.6 million
persons aged 12 or older who in 2006 smoked cigarettes in the past month,
57.7% (35.5 million) met the criteria for nicotine dependence in the
past month.
- Persons
aged 12 or older who were dependent on nicotine in the past month were
more likely than those who were not nicotine dependent to have engaged
in alcohol use (61.7% vs. 49.1%), binge alcohol use (40.1% vs. 20.1%),
and heavy alcohol use (14.9% vs. 5.5%) in the past month.
- Adults
aged 18 or older who were dependent on nicotine in the past month were
more than twice as likely as adults who were not nicotine dependent
to have experienced serious psychological distress in the past year
(21.2% vs. 9.4%).
- Both
youth and adults who were dependent on nicotine in the past month were
more than twice as likely as those who were not nicotine dependent to
have experienced a major depressive episode in the past year.
Other OAS publications
and services
This
Short Report, The NSDUH Report:
Nicotine Dependence: 2006,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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