The link between smoking and depression is one that has been well-known for decades. But what comes first: the chicken or the egg? Are depressed smokers self-medicating or does smoking cause depression?
A study that logged the complete medical history of 1200 New Zealanders born in 1977 claims to have the answer: Nicotine addicts are over 2.3 times more likely to suffer from depression than non-smokers.
Makes perfect sense to me: having your life dominated by a four-inch stick of dried vegetation that doesn't even get you high is pretty depressing...
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, August 11, 2008
Freedom = drug addiction? I don't think so...
Today, a newly-formed 'smoker's rights' group - Cigar Rights of America - announced its four day "Freedom Tour" starting next week in NYC.
What is especially interesting is that this smoker's right group has not been set up by smokers and nor does not have any regular, man-in-the-street smokers as members. Does it not seem odd that a smoker's rights group doesn't actually feature any smokers?
The group, which has been established and funded by - yep, you guessed it - cigar manufacturers, is attempting to teach smokers how to protest against the implementation of smoke-free legislation across the US under the guise of protecting freedom.
Nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man. Trying to reposition drug addiction as 'freedom' is shameful and, I think, extremely distasteful and disrespectful to the 45m Americans addicted to this awful drug. Especially to the estimated 450,000 Americans that will die of smoking this year and the further 8m Americans living with a smoking-related condition, or their families
Smoking is not a game, or a pleasure or a 'freedom', and it sickens me that people within the tobacco industry continue to see fit to ignore the shocking price American society pays to this terrible addiction, just to make a buck.
To break free from the slavery of smoking visit www.theeasywaytostopsmoking.com
What is especially interesting is that this smoker's right group has not been set up by smokers and nor does not have any regular, man-in-the-street smokers as members. Does it not seem odd that a smoker's rights group doesn't actually feature any smokers?
The group, which has been established and funded by - yep, you guessed it - cigar manufacturers, is attempting to teach smokers how to protest against the implementation of smoke-free legislation across the US under the guise of protecting freedom.
Nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man. Trying to reposition drug addiction as 'freedom' is shameful and, I think, extremely distasteful and disrespectful to the 45m Americans addicted to this awful drug. Especially to the estimated 450,000 Americans that will die of smoking this year and the further 8m Americans living with a smoking-related condition, or their families
Smoking is not a game, or a pleasure or a 'freedom', and it sickens me that people within the tobacco industry continue to see fit to ignore the shocking price American society pays to this terrible addiction, just to make a buck.
To break free from the slavery of smoking visit www.theeasywaytostopsmoking.com
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