[DanBC]

> Find that hard to believe. Thoughts?

It's not a controversial point. We know that people with schizophrenia smoke; they smoke more cigarettes than other smokers; they smoke more of each cigarette than other smokers; they inhale deeper than other smokers; they start smoking at a younger age.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179276/pdf/Bookshelf_N...

P123:

> Other disorders associated with cognitive and attentional impairment, such as schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are characterized by a very high prevalence of smoking among those affected. It has been proposed that individuals with these disorders smoke in order to alleviate the symptoms of their disease, and a number of clinical trials using nicotine as a therapeutic agent have been conducted.

(I'm not cutting and pasting because PDF fucking sucks).

[ashutoshgngwr]

Thanks for quoting the backing research and it looks very sound. Now I am curious about how do they even begin. I know it's a naive question, but it's not like somebody is "prescribing" them to smoke or use nicotine. I can make sense (barely) of the behavior after smoking the first cigarette, but before that, a person, in general, should be unaware of its consequences. I am geniunely curious about what motivates such individuals to take the leap from 0 to 1.