Can smoking cause mental illness
Smoking has a number of harmful effects on mind and body. There are hundreds and thousands of people around the globe that die because of the diseases that are caused by the smoking cigarettes. Tobacco smoke contributes to many different diseases including cancer. Cigarette contains mixture of tar, carbon monoxide and nicotine that has many fatal, devastating and contagious effects on the health. This tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide can cause stroke as it slows down the blood flow and cutting off the oxygen to the hands and feet.
Smoking and mental illness move side by side. There are two groups, one claim mental illness causes the individual to smoke and the other group says that smoking causes mental illness. Surveys have shown that half of the cigarettes are burnt by those who have mental illness. It is usually observed that the depressed and distressed people started the smoking. The people who are mentally ill take up smoking cigarettes to alleviate their distress. Some researchers have claimed that smoking is cause of depression and anxiety not a consequence of it. There are a number of anecdotal evidences that suggest that smoking comes before mental illness in most of the people.
