The study was conducted by researchers at the University of South Carolina.
The study's results were publicized in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling.
Cigarette smoking may become a rare occurrence by 2050, analysts forecast.
For the study, researchers examined the association between smoking cessation and its subsequent impact on mental health.
The study was conducted by experts at King's College London.
Over 1,400 twins born in Finland dubbed as smokers were provided questionnaires to assess their addictive habits.
The study was conducted on a group of nearly 200 young adults over a span of 10 years.
The survey data of an estimated 100,000 participants over the age of 50 from more than a dozen nations were analyzed.
The study appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Addictive Behaviors.
The research was published in the journal Progress in Neurobiology,