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THE SLEEP HABITS AND LIFESTYLE OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS
Author(s) -
Johns M. W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb71200.x
Subject(s) - insomnia , caffeine , medicine , nicotine , stimulant , sleep (system call) , distress , cigarette smoking , alcohol consumption , psychiatry , alcohol , demography , environmental health , clinical psychology , computer science , operating system , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
One hundred men and 119 women between the ages of 15 and 80 yeara who were patients in the wards of a general hospital gave subjective reports of their sleep habits, smoking status and consumption of alcohol, tea and coffee—aspects of their lifestyle when at home. Patients who usually smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day also drank more alcohol and more tea or coffee than others. Heavy smoking and the frequent drinking of tea or coffee were associated with later times of going to bed at night but not with insomnia. Alcohol consumption was unrelated to any aspect of sleep habits. These findings are consistent with the view that heavy smokers tend to be more extroverted than non‐smokers and seek arousal both by out‐going social activities and by the use of stimulant drugs such as nicotine and caffeine. However, heavy smokers do not necessarily suffer from long‐term emotional distress which would cause insomnia.