Biologically Active Compounds Present in Tobacco Smoke: Potential Interactions Between Smoking and Mental Health
Tobacco dependence remains one of the major preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are well over 8,000 compounds present in tobacco and tobacco smoke, but we do not know what effect, if any, many of them have on smokers. Major interest has been on nicotine, as well...
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Published in | Frontiers in neuroscience Vol. 16; p. 885489 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
26.04.2022
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Summary: | Tobacco dependence remains one of the major preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are well over 8,000 compounds present in tobacco and tobacco smoke, but we do not know what effect, if any, many of them have on smokers. Major interest has been on nicotine, as well as on toxic and carcinogenic effects and several major and minor components of tobacco smoke responsible for the negative health effects of smoking have been elucidated. Smokers themselves report a variety of positive effects from smoking, including effects on depression, anxiety and mental acuity. Smoking has also been shown to have protective effects in Parkinson's Disease. Are the subjective reports of a positive effect of smoking due to nicotine, of some other components of tobacco smoke, or are they a manifestation of the relief from nicotine withdrawal symptoms that smoking provides? This mini-review summarises what is currently known about the components of tobacco smoke with potential to have positive effects on smokers. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 This article was submitted to Neuropharmacology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience Edited by: Jacques Joubert, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Reviewed by: Selena Bartlett, The University of Queensland, Australia |
ISSN: | 1662-4548 1662-453X 1662-453X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fnins.2022.885489 |