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Hey everyone,
Here's a snippet from an interesting article I read about smokers & depression.
"The risk of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers, in comparison with non-smokers. This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and which demonstrates in a pioneering way the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease."
Basque Research (2008, April 25). Smokers Have A 41 Percent Higher Risk Of Suffering Depression. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/04/080424103225.htm
Here's a snippet from an interesting article I read about smokers & depression.
"The risk of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers, in comparison with non-smokers. This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and which demonstrates in a pioneering way the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease."
Basque Research (2008, April 25). Smokers Have A 41 Percent Higher Risk Of Suffering Depression. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/04/080424103225.htm
For many people, smoking relieves stress which in turn causes depression.
We can't win can we?
I also believe if a person has depression and is on nothing else apart from the normal anti depressants etc, the medical experts will find something to say.
Maybe the air tht we breathe can cause greater depression,lol.
Thanx for sharing this.
http://dailystrength.org/groups/nicotine-and-depression-is-there-a-relation