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Figure 1 As mentioned above, it is intriguing that despite the harmful effect of cigarette smoking in the gastrointestinal tract, it confers protection against UC

Mais une partie du tabac chappe aux statistiques franaises Attention toutefois, baisse des ventes ne signifie pas automatiquement disparition complte de la consommation

While the paper does not directly evaluate this, it potentially suggests that it is inattention and hyperactive/impulsive symptoms that drive the early take up of tobacco based products in young people with ADHD and that appropriate support to people with those ADHD symptoms (either through pharmacotherapy or other means) could ameliorate this. The paper is also noteworthy in the context of a recent British study, co-authored by Stott, which found people with ADHD have a much shorter life expectancy compared to the general population seven years shorter for men, and nine years shorter for women

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