Smoking Linked to Suicide Risk (AUDIO)
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People who smoke cigarettes commit suicide at higher rates than those who don't smoke. That's been known for years, but most scientists assumed the reason was that smoking rates were so high among people who are at risk for suicide because they have psychiatric disorders. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that smoking itself is influencing suicide risk. Jim Dryden has the story
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