Helping the Mentally Ill Quit Smoking
Date Posted: March 19, 2013
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Article by Chelsea Conaboy - Published March 18, 2013 in the Boston Globe
Adults with mental illness are far more likely to smoke, putting them at greater risk for health problems and a shortened life, a report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. While a national anti-smoking campaign and the ever-increasing cost of cigarettes have dramatically lowered overall smoking rates in the United States over the past 50 years, more than a third of people with mental illness smoke. Read the article