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Many patients with schizophrenia smoke, but smoking actually worsens their cognitive performance over time. The very short term benefits of nicotine may serve to promote continued smoking. However, after patients quit smoking their cognitive performance improves
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This page is a summary of: Cigarette Smoking, Cognitive Performance, and Severe Mental Illness: Quitting Smoking Really Does Seem to Matter, American Journal of Psychiatry, November 2018, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18060730.
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