Smoking study researchers discovered that tougher laws against cigarette use can lead to lower suicide risk among smokers.
The findings were made public in a press release from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and first reported by MedicineNet.com.
In prior research, it had been shown that smokers were more likely to take their own lives than nonsmokers. That difference was credited to “the fact that smoking is common among people with psychiatric disorders, who have higher suicide rates,” MedicineNet reports, adding that the new smoking study suggested “smoking itself may increase suicide risk and that efforts to reduce smoking may lead to lower suicide rates.”
“Our analysis showed that each dollar increase in cigarette taxes was associated with a 10 percent decrease in suicide risk,” study leader Richard Grucza, associate professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in the university’s news release. “Indoor smoking bans also were associated with risk reductions.”
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