Smoking Could Be A 'Trigger' For Mental Illness, Study Finds

[arista]

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[Chemicals in tobacco may help trigger serious mental illnesses
such as schizophrenia, a study suggests.
New research shows that smoking can triple the
chances of developing psychosis.
Previously the fact that people with psychotic mental illnesses
are more likely to smoke has been put down to non-causal factors,
such as obtaining relief from distress or self-medication.
But now scientists believe something in tobacco might actually
be responsible, alongside genetic and environmental influences.]


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/09/smoking-a-mental-illness-trigger_n_7766330.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067


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[Iceman]

Nothing concrete, nothing proven, yawn.

[DemolitionRed]

When I tried giving up smoking some years ago I was advised to go from straight commercial cigarettes to pure rolling tobacco before I attempted to give up completely. Withdrawal from straights was so difficult, even though I was still smoking without the chemicals. It made me realise just how addictive the additives are.

Once I calmed down and got used to the pure tobacco, I found it relatively easy to come off. I know tobacco is addictive but I don't think its anything like as addictive as the chemicals they add to commercial cigarettes.

Its quite frightening when you find out the concoction of chemicals put into cigarettes and so it comes as no surprise that smoking attributes to mental instability.

[arista]

When I tried giving up smoking some years ago I was advised to go from straight commercial cigarettes to pure rolling tobacco before I attempted to give up completely. Withdrawal from straights was so difficult, even though I was still smoking without the chemicals. It made me realise just how addictive the additives are.

Once I calmed down and got used to the pure tobacco, I found it relatively easy to come off. I know tobacco is addictive but I don't think its anything like as addictive as the chemicals they add to commercial cigarettes.

Its quite frightening when you find out the concoction of chemicals put into cigarettes and so it comes as no surprise that smoking attributes to mental instability.


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[Kizzy]

It's strange that the many known carcinogens in cigarettes haven't been linked with any other degenerative disease before to be honest.