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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
Then I turn to Wikipedia (and, really, where would we be without Google and Wikipedia?) to learn:
"In very low concentrations, nicotine acts as a stimulant, and it is one of the main factors responsible for the dependence-forming properties of tobacco smoking. Although pure nicotine is noncarcinogenic, its presence may inhibit the body's ability to cull aberrant cells."
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