Posted by Adam Quinan on December 20, 2005 at 01:57:55 from 72.136.51.111 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Smoking in the books- 'up the fell' posted by Owen Roberts on December 19, 2005 at 14:52:56:
" Aversion to tobacco smoke is a sympton of this condition." (paranoid schizophrenia)
I think it is the opposite, apparently 88% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia smoke.
One suggested reason for such a high proportion of smookers is that nicotine promotes the release of dopamine which alleviates some of the symptoms of schizophrenia.