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Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self - medicate" against t
Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self - medicate" against t
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2011-04-14
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Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens
While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self - medicate" against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually______【51】depressive symptoms in some teens.
"This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived______【52】benefits of smoking among teens," says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto.
"______【53】cigarettes may appear to have self - medicating 【54】______or to improve mood, in the long term we found that teens who started to smoke reported higher depressive symptoms. "
As part of the study, some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires 【55】______their use of cigarettes of affect mood. Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools 【56】______in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighborhoods.
Participants were divided into three 【57】______: never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self - medicate, improve mood or physical 【58】______;smokers who used cigarettes to self - medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured u-sing a scale that asked how often participants felt too tired to do things; had 【59】 ______going to sleep or staying 【60】______; felt unhappy, sad, or depressed; felt hopeless about the future; felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much a-bout things.
"Smokers who used cigarettes as mood 【61】______had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms than teens who had never smoked," says co -researcher Jennifer O’Loughlin, a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. "Our study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are at higher risk of 【62】______depressive symptoms. "
The 【63】______between depression and smoking exists 【64】 ______among teens that use cigarettes to feel better. "It’s 【65】______to emphasize that depressive symptom scores were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke," says Dr. Chaiton.
选项
A、reducers
B、improvers
C、creators
D、removers
答案
B
解析
本题有一定难度,考查词义辨析,可以先看选项得到信息提示。从上下文的逻辑来看,文章此处是说“吸烟者通常把烟作为调节心情物……”,mood improver,“改善心情物”,答案是B。
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