Re: RESEARCH - Associations between frequent headaches, persistent smoking, and attempts to quit

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Subject: [ ] RESEARCH - Associations between frequent headaches,

persistent smoking, and attempts to quit

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Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:30 PM

Headache. 2008 Apr;48(4):545- 52. Epub 2008 Jan 23.

Associations between frequent headaches, persistent smoking, and

attempts to quit.

Waldie KE, McGee R, er AI, Poulton R.

Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have found a strong relationship between

tobacco smoking and headache pain. It remains unclear whether smoking

behavior leads to headache or visa versa, mainly due to the

cross-sectional nature of the majority of this research. OBJECTIVE: To

help clarify the direction of the relation between smoking and

frequent headaches in a representative cohort study.

DESIGN AND METHODS: Members of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health

and Development Study (N=980) were asked about their cigarette smoking

and headache history at ages 11 and 13 (childhood), age 15

(mid-adolescence) , and age 26 (adulthood). Both cross-sectional and

longitudinal associations between smoking and headache status were

examined using logistic regression.

RESULTS: During mid-adolescence, the likelihood of frequent headaches

doubled for smokers relative to nonsmokers (OR: 2.16, 95% CI:

1.39-3.35). Smoking did not increase the risk of developing headaches

in adulthood, however. In contrast, individuals who suffered from

frequent headaches during mid-adolescence were 2 times more likely to

smoke in adulthood than those without headache (OR: 2.20, 95% CI:

1.3-3.7), after controlling for sex and family socioeconomic status.

Attempts to quit smoking were significantly more difficult for

migraine sufferers with a history of headache than for those with

tension-type headache.

CONCLUSIONS: Frequent headaches during mid-adolescence appear to

increase the risk of daily smoking in adolescence and adulthood. These

individuals also have a more difficult time quitting than their

headache-free peers.

PMID: 18218010

http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/18218010

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