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Can we say nicotine has nothing to do with mental illness? Because the mentally ill really like their cigs!
by DaveExeter 3y ago
Can we say nicotine has nothing to do with mental illness? Because the mentally ill really like their cigs!
- quechimba 3y agoTobacco can be a very good medicine. Smoking cigarettes is obviously harmful, but they can have a very good effect on mood.
- quechimba 3y agoIn the Peruvian Amazon, tobacco is considered to be a medicine. They use a stronger type of tobacco called "mapacho" which is pure, no additives. A regular brand cigarette contain about 10% additives (mainly sugars but also a lot of chemicals no one has ever heard of). And since mapacho is so strong you can get the effects without even inhaling the smoke, which is healthier for the lungs. Mapachos are used to clean out bad energies and keep bad spirits away.
- mikhmha 3y agoStrangely enough the research shows that nicotine has a positive affect on treating schizophrenia symptoms.
- whats_a_quasar 3y agoHere's a Scott Alexander post that looks at the link between nicotine and Schizophrenia. The research seems to indicate the nicotine reduces the incidence of schizophrenia, rather than smoking triggering schizophrenia. Smokers are less likely to develop schizophrenia, and mentally ill people probably end up smoking because it helps their symptoms https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/11/schizophrenia-no-smoking-gun/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/11/schizophrenia-no-smoki...