Health experts think low tobacco prices, a general tolerance of smoking and changes brought by the pandemic may explain the uptick in cigarette use.

    • hglman@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      As many as 80% of people with schizophrenia smoke. If you go to a psych ward everyone is a smoker.

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        1 year ago

        And how does that change anything? These people with actual mental illnesses do it so it must be good? I don’t follow your line of reasoning.

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          1 year ago

          They said it in the end of their original comment

          When you’re suicidal you do not care about your health at all and so because smoking feels good, they do it not giving a shit about the consequences.