Evidence of a Causal Relationship Between Smoking Tobacco and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Evidence of a Causal Relationship Between Smoking Tobacco and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

There has been emerging evidence of an association between tobacco smoking and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Two meta-analyses have reported that people who smoke tobacco have an ~2-fold increased risk of incident schizophrenia or psychosis, even after adjusting for confounding factors. Th...

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Main Authors: James G. Scott, Lori Matuschka, Solja Niemelä, Jouko Miettunen, Brett Emmerson, Antti Mustonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
schizophrenia
psychosis
nicotine
smoking
causal
association
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00607/full

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