Smokers with mental health conditions will often have a complicated relationship with their smoking. Nicotine and other components of tobacco can affect the course of some psychiatric disorders, modify symptoms, and impact upon side-effects of some medications. As a result, Quit recommends people with a mental health condition observe Safe Smoking Cessation in partnership with their prescribing doctor.
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