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Cigarettes Won’t Help Teens’ Depression

September 1st, 2010 Posted in Teens smoking Tags:

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Even though some teens use cigarettes to self-medicate, smoking may only increase their depressive symptoms, researchers say. After adjustment, smokers who reported psychobiological benefits from smoking were at higher risk of developing elevated depressive symptoms than never-smokers (HR 1.9, 95% CI 1.3 to 2.8), Michael Chaiton, MD, of the University of Toronto, and colleagues reported online in Addictive Behaviors. Ream more »