Independent association of chronic smoking and abstinence with suicide.

The study examined whether chronic exposure to nicotine is independently associated with suicide. Findings indicated a probable independent association between suicide and current smoking and longer lifetime smoking duration. The findings are additional grounds to investigate smoking as a possible independent cause of suicide.

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