A key indicator of nicotine dependence is associated with greater depression symptoms, after accounting for smoking behavior

• Tiffany Bainter,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Population Health, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

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• Arielle S. Selya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: arielle.selya@sanfordhealth.org

  Affiliations Department of Population Health, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America, Behavioral Sciences Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-6988

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• S. Cristina Oancea

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population Health, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

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