The relationship between anxiety, smoking, and gambling in electronic gaming machine players.

摘要: Given higher reported rates of smoking in populations under treatment for problem gambling, a sample 81 Electronic Gaming Machine players, this study considered whether: 1) there were relationships between tobacco dependency and 2) common mechanism such as negative affect was involved. The untreated comprised eighty-one players that completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen, Tobacco Dependence Scale State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. There relationship status scores on contributed to both gambling problems dependence. It suggested dependence have similar characteristics. data has implications anti-smoking legislation gaming venues.