Judith J. Prochaska ^1*, Sharon M. Hall ¹, Janice Y. Tsoh ¹, Stuart Eisendrath ¹, Joseph S. Rossi ², Colleen A. Redding ², Amy B. Rosen ¹, Marc Meisner ³, Gary L. Humfleet ¹, Julie A. Gorecki ¹

¹ University of California, San Francisco
² University of Rhode Island
³ Kaiser Permanente Northern California

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jprochaska{at}lppi.ucsf.edu.

	Abstract

We analyzed data from a randomized trial of 322 actively depressed smokers and examined the effect of smoking cessation on their mental health functioning. Only 1 of 10 measures at 4 follow-up time points was significant: participants who successfully stopped smoking reported less alcohol use than did participants who continued smoking. Depressive symptoms declined significantly over time for participants who stopped and those who continued smoking; there were no group differences. Individuals in treatment for clinical depression can be helped to stop smoking without adversely affecting their mental health functioning.

Key Words: Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Control, Tobacco