ANXIETY, AFFECT, DEPRESSION AND CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION

In recent years several studies have shown that cigarette consumption is related to anxiety, affect and depression. In the present study we analyze this relationship in a representative sample of the adult popu lation of Galicia (Spain) (N = 1,615, 18 or more years). Anxiety is as sessed with the Trait-Scale of STAI by Spielberger er al., affect with the PANAS Scales by Watson and Tellegen and depression with the Beck Depression Inventory both in smokers and in non-smokers. Results of ou r study confirm a relationship between depression, negative affect and cigarette consumption and, especially, in the subjects with a consump tion of 31 or more cigarettes daily. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. Al ! rights reserved.