Thread: smoking and the pub
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Old 30-10-2005, 21:06   #500
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Re: smoking and the pub
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Originally Posted by Chris T
Actually ... I think you'll find I'm not wrong about serotonin ... now I know what it's called, I've been Googling:

http://www.tgorski.com/Prevention/Pr...g%20020109.htm

The article is a discussion on smoking while pregnant, but paragraph H is relevant:




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I think it's outrageous. The problem is bigger than smoking though, the fact that the place is a Royal palace exempts it from a worrying amount of legislation. IIRC someone recently failed in an attempt to sue over a workplace accident there because it's exempt from health and safety legislation due to its status. This, in the 21st century, is just ridiculous.

Now where's that monarchy thread ....
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Some more research on the serotonin-killing effects of smoking:
I stand corrected (and haven't the time to search for conflicting research ), although the dopamine effect is accurate, which only goes to demonstrate that the relationship between nicotine-depression is complex.
Smoking, as I have discussed, is an important way of coping with everyday life and social relationships, especially when suffering from depression. Therefore it is not something that we can easily gloss over with puritanical policies based on unsound evidence.
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