In my last post, I discussed some of the changes in lifestyle that can help improve the heart health of people with schizophrenia. I'd like to continue my discussion about one particular area, smoking. Some research has shown that people with schizophrenia smoke almost twice as much as the...
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Schizophrenia and Smoking
Janet
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 08:23 AM -
smoking and schizophrenia
littlecolt
Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 06:36 AMI smoke and have tried to quit many times but my violent temper has got in the way, with trying to deal with schizophrenia and quit smoking has been a big challenage fer me. Is there medicine that will help me with the craving fer a cigarette, I'm on valiums fer my temper. I'm also on inhalers fer the damage smoking has caused. littlecolt
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Chain smoking
hol36
Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 09:43 AMMy Mom has schizophrenia and smokes one behind the other until her supply is gone. She is given 2 packs on Monday and Wednesday and 3 on Fridays and she smokes them one behind the other until her allowance is gone (within 24 hrs). My question is does anyone know of a programmable cigarette dispenser. She is positive about the possibility of not having to do without over half the time.
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I want to thank you for your post on smoking andchizophrenia. I hope see how detrimental smoking can me especially to schizophrenia patients. I am so happy I never started to smoke. way back in 1983 when I was first hospitalized I would sit in the smoking room just to talk but never did I take up that unhealthy practice of smoking.
i firmly believe hospitals should have become smoke free many many years ago.
i hope other patients reading your post on smoking try their best to stop for the various reasons you mentioned.
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