FEB 20, 2012 STUDY, MENTAL ILLNESS DEATHS LINKED SMOKING (Audio)

(Festus) It's a known fact that persons with mental illnesses live about 25 years less than the general population. But how are they dying? Adult Service Manager at COMTREA, Andrea Cooneoh says it's tobacco use...

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Because persons with mental illnesses use tobacco at greater rates, they suffer greater smoking-related medical illness and mortality. About 200 thousand of the 435 thousand annual deaths from smoking occur among patients with mental illnesses or substance use disorders.