Is There a Concrete Link Between Smoking (Nicotine Addiction) and Mental Health Problems?
Question by senorcofee: Is there a concrete link between smoking (nicotine addiction) and mental health problems?
For years ive noticed a definite link between people diagnosed with a mental disorder and the fact that they smoke cigarettes…. I realize cigarettes may not cause the disorder, but does it exacerbate an already present disorder? Is there any concrete evidence linking the two?
Best answer:
Answer by Baybee Face
People smoke to relieve stress and stressed out people have mental disorders (sometimes) but it’s all a matter of degree.
Answer by peaches
I read an article several years ago in Psychology Today that said that it is better for people with schizophrenia to smoke than not to smoke. It said that it lessened the symptoms of schizophrenia and that 90 % of schizophenic people smoke.
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