Biologically active compounds present in tobacco smoke: potential interactions between smoking and mental health

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Penelope Truman from the School of Health Sciences, Massey University, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University South Africa have published the Article: Biologically Active Compounds Present in Tobacco Smoke: Potential Interactions Between Smoking and Mental Health, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

    Smokers themselves report smoking relieves stress and anxiety, and aids concentration (Benowitz, 2010) and smokers with a variety of mental health conditions report using smoking as a form of self-medication (Leonard et_al, 2001; Aubin et_al, 2012). Smoking is proven to have protective effects in Parkinson`s Disease (Castagnoli and Murugesan . . .

     

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