Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 2 , Pages 207-209, 30 September 2003

Smoking habits in Japanese patients with schizophrenia

  • Takeyuki Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tsukasa Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Section of Mental Health, Health Service Center, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Bunkyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-3-5841-2588; fax: +81-3-5841-2588
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  • Akira Iwanami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Araki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kaoru Mizuno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tadafumi Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobumasa Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 5 July 2001; received in revised form 22 January 2002; accepted 30 April 2002.

Abstract 

Studies from North America and Western Europe have observed a marked increase of smoking in schizophrenia. This preliminary study investigated smoking habits in Japanese patients with schizophrenia (n=137). The prevalence of smokers (34%) was not higher than in the general Japanese population (37%). Variables associated with smoking were also different from those reported in the Western literature. Different cultural backgrounds may underlie the differing results in Western and Japanese populations.

Keywords: Japanese population, Prevalence, Age

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00191-4

doi:10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00191-4

Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 2 , Pages 207-209, 30 September 2003

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