Smoking increases the risk of suicide

Researchers from the University of Washington have shown that smoking increases the risk of suicide. Habit adversely affects the mental health of the smoker, which can lead to suicide.

smoking and suicide

American scientists have found that smokers are more likely to commit suicide   compared with those people who have never smoked. And the reason for this are the chemicals contained in cigarettes. Previous science has linked the suicide and smoking But then it was thought that people with mental health problems and disorders simply more inclined to smoke.

Now, however, researchers concluded that nicotine contained in tobacco can cause the development of psychiatric disorders, and if they already have, then make them for a more severe. The scientists compared the statistics suicide between American states, which have increased tobacco taxes and banned smoking   in public places, and those who do not yet made. It turned out that the number of suicides "tobacco control" states was significantly less.

For example, in the United States that went into active struggle against smoking, Between 1990 and 2004 the number of suicides decreased by 15% compared with the overall statistics in the country. And since 2004 in states such as New York, Illinois and California, have introduced a strict ban on smoking in public places. The study's authors believe that the proven positive relationship between smoking restrictions and reduction in the number of suicides, as well as improving mental health.

"We need to work harder to trace the link smoking and mental health, not only physical, - says professor psychiatry and the study's author, Richard Goods. - While it is not installed, how smoking affects the desire to commit suicide. It may It causes depression or increases dependence on other substances. Yet Statistics clearly show that such a connection exist. "(Read More)

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