Jump to full article: AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au), 2008-10-06
Author: Tamara McLean
Intro: A study of more than a thousand women has found that females who smoke are more likely to develop major depression.
Heavy smokers - those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day - have almost double the risk of developing diagnosable depression than non smokers.
It has long been known that people with depression are more likely to smoke, but this longterm study is one of the first to suggest the habit may be triggering mental illness.
University of Melbourne researchers tracked healthy women for more than a decade, giving them a psychiatric assessment at the end.
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