NICOTINE – DEPRESSION
April 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIESMOKING may help some people cope with depression according to new University of Western Michigan, USA, research. It was spurred a failure by scientists to determine why from 1990 to 2003, only 3% of Americans quit smoking, after a surge in the 80s. The numbers suggested that continuing smokers had a particular type of addiction to nicotine. Experiments have mow shown that smokers and ex-smokers focus more on positive thoughts and images after receiving nicotine from a patch. This suggested the drug may be useful in treating the lethargy and ...
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