Moreover, they often feel helpless, sensitive and vulnerable 5 , possibly due to a predisposition to mental health issues, as described in current literature 14,15 on the relationship between smoking and depression or anxiety
Stratified analyses After stratified analyses according to pulmonary diseases (Table 3), the association between smoking behavior change and the risk of pneumonia hospitalization was more prominent for participants without underlying pulmonary disease (P for interaction = 0.007), with 8% lower risk of pneumonia in quitters without underlying pulmonary diseases (aHR 0.92, 95% CI 0.870.97) compared to no lower risk for quitters with underlying pulmonary diseases (aHR 1.05, 95% CI 0.971.13)
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