Is it possible for cigarettes to trigger psychosis in a person?
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It can. For those of who have medical diagnoses such as Bipolar and schizophrenia, or those who have had psychosis in the past. Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia. Taking up, and continuing, smoking could be self-medication for anxiety, depression, or psychotic symptoms. It could also be shared with other risk factors for psychosis, such as family history, urban upbringing, or childhood adversity. Each of these risk factors, in addition to early and regular cannabis use, seems to have an additive effect in terms of phenotypes such as psychosis and age at onset
It has long been acknowledged that there is a strong relationship between cigarette smoking and psychotic disorders. More recently, smoking has also been found to be associated with psychotic experiences in the general population.Moreover, tobacco smokers with psychotic disorders display patterns of heavy smoking.