To Improve Mental Health, Quit Smoking

Published February 15, 2014

To improve mental health, quit smoking
“Clinicians tend to treat the depression, alcohol dependence or drug problem first and allow patients to 'self-medicate' with cigarettes if necessary,” says Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg, assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.
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