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  • Psychiatric Genetics
  • Addiction Research

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  • A known association exists between smoking and personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion).
  • The causal direction of this relationship remains largely unknown.
  • Understanding causality could enable tailored smoking interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential causal relationship between personality traits and smoking behaviors.
  • To leverage genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and UK Biobank data.
  • To differentiate between personality influencing smoking and vice versa.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized LD score regression to estimate genetic correlation between smoking and personality traits.
  • Employed bidirectional Mendelian randomization to infer causal relationships.
  • Analyzed publicly available GWAS summary statistics and UK Biobank individual-level data.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed a modest genetic correlation between smoking behaviors and both neuroticism and extraversion.
  • Found evidence that higher neuroticism scores increase daily cigarette consumption (0.07 cigarettes/day per risk allele).
  • Identified that higher extraversion scores are associated with increased odds of smoking initiation (OR 1.015).

Conclusions:

  • Personality traits, particularly neuroticism and extraversion, appear to causally influence smoking behaviors.
  • Causal pathways from personality to smoking initiation and continuation were observed.
  • Results support the development of personalized smoking cessation strategies based on personality profiles.