Friday, January 10, 2014

Health: Quitting smoking more 'difficult with psychiatric disorders - AGI - Italian News Agency

Research and Development

15:58 January 9, 2014

(AGI) – Boston, January 9 – All adults who suffer from mental illness are less likely ‘to quit smoking with a significant impact on their health compared to healthy individuals. The warning comes from a new study sponsored by The Benjamin Cook of Harvard Medical School published in JAMA. The data shows that in recent years the reduction of the use of cigarettes among patients with psychiatric illness is significantly lower than that observed among healthy people. “Despite the significant progress made in reducing tobacco consumption in the general population,” said the author of “people who suffer from mental disorders still smoke at rates of about twice that of adults without psychiatric disorders, a band that includes more ‘ half ‘of nicotine-dependent individuals. ” Mental illness and ‘levels were associated with more’ high nicotine dependence, intensity of ‘smoking and number of cigarettes per week. (AGI) Red / PGI.


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