Smoking linked to increased depression in teens

By QMI Agency, for Toronto Sun

Cigarettes are not mood enhancers

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Despite thoughts that smoking a cigarette will help them fight the blues, teenagers may actually increase depressive symptoms by doing so, according to a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal.

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