STUDENT: Rocco Pacini

PROJECT ADVISOR: Milton Evans

ABSTRACT

Most smokers generally view smoking as a way to manage stress and promote relaxation however there are reasons to believe that smoking may cause a decline in mental health. Nicotine withdrawal from chronic smoking may lead to irritability and increased level of stress. Measuring the baseline mental health of smokers who continued smoking, stopped smoking and relapsed during the course of the studies, and smokers that quit smoking and using that data to compare their mental health after the studies to the baseline will be used to examine the association between smoking and mental health.

Keywords: Smoking cessation, mental health, nicotine, addiction, cancer, cigarettes, vape