Smoking and Mental Illness

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Loula Koteas‘s insight:

Smoking increases with the severity of mental disorder, and amongst those with a psychotic illness almost all smoke. Nicotine appears to provide some relief from symptoms of anxiety, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which may explain why people with these conditions become smokers.

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