Schizophrenia Linked To Smoking

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Smoking tobacco could cause a modest increase in risk of developing psychosis. underworld/Shutterstock

The association between psychosis and smoking tobacco has been observed for a long time. In England alone, 42% of cigarettes are smoked by people with mental health problems, and in the United States, 80% of those with schizophrenia smoke, compared to a national average of 20%. This has focused a debate around what came first, the smoking or the mental illness?