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To: marginmike who wrote (168450)	5/28/2002 9:02:16 AM
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New Yorkers Increased Drinking, Smoking After Terror Attacks 2002-05-28 06:41 (New York) New Yorkers Increased Drinking, Smoking After Terror Attacks New York, May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and marijuana by Manhattan residents increased after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a study by researchers at the New York Academy of Medicine. About 25 percent of those surveyed in October and November 2001 said they were drinking ``more than usual,'' according to a random telephone survey of 988 Manhattan residents. Almost 10 percent said they were smoking more cigarettes than normal and 3.2 percent admitted to increased marijuana use, said David Vlahov, a Columbia University epidemiologist who conducted the survey. ``People used the alcohol and drugs to adjust to the new reality,'' Vlahov said. ``It was a way of coping.'' The findings, which will be presented in the June 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, will be used to apply for federal relief money, he said. Other studies have shown high rates of depression, anxiety and panic among New York City school children after the attacks and psychological trauma among residents of Lower Manhattan. Preliminary results from a follow-up study taken of 2,700 people in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut has shown a drop-off in alcohol and marijuana use, although cigarette smoking remains higher than pre-Sept. 11 levels, Vlahov said. ``There was an increase in cigarette smoking that we have not seen in previous disasters,'' Vlahov said. ``The people who are smoking most are also the people who tend to be showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.'' Post-traumatic stress is an anxiety disorder associated with exposure to cataclysmic and life-threatening events. Symptoms, which can appear months or years after the event, include nightmares, depression and anxiety attacks. Twenty percent of New Yorkers living south of Canal Street in Lower Manhattan suffered psychological trauma linked to the World Trade Center attacks, according to a New York Academy of Medicine survey of 1,008 Manhattan residents released in March. A study commissioned by the city board of education and released on May 1 found increased trauma among 8,000 students in grades four through 12 more than six months after the attack. --Glenn Thrush in the New York newsroom at (212) 893-5414 or gthrush@Bloomberg.net. Editor: Day Story illustration: For more New York news, see {TNYC <GO>}. For more about the war on terrorism, see {EXTR <GO>}. NI EDU NI NYC NI NY NI US NI USMA NI METRO NI USNE NI TERROR NI GEN NI HEA NI TOP NI FEA NI NORTHAM #<511615># #<548960># -0- (BN ) May/28/2002 10:41 GMT