Mental illness linked to cigarette addiction

[sarbanes]

You always hear those in the state loony bin are chronic smokers. Many a man doing the "Thorazine Shuffle" will have hands stained from cigarette smoke. Perhaps (because) it is one of the few vice allowed them (alcohol certainly not allowed). Just like in NA meeting, it is the one thing allowed. Maybe that factors into the association as well, but more on an environmental level.

[stoneinfocus]

Originally Posted by sarbanes

You always hear those in the state loony bin are chronic smokers. Many a man doing the "Thorazine Shuffle" will have hands stained from cigarette smoke. Perhaps (because) it is one of the few vice allowed them (alcohol certainly not allowed). Just like in NA meeting, it is the one thing allowed. Maybe that factors into the association as well, but more on an environmental level.

And it (nicotine) makes thorazine go out of your system quicker ;-)

[ShawnD]

Come to think of it, my friend, who was a bouncer at a night club, did say something to the effect of "all smokers are heat bags". By that he meant that people smoking outside of the club were always sketchy people that one would expect to cause trouble or be loud and obnoxious. Mental illness would sure explain his observations.