Japanese smokers suicide study

Nicotine levels high among smokers committing suicide: study

"Nicotine levels in the blood of smokers who committed suicide is 3.5 times that of smokers who died in accidents or from disease, researchers have found . . .

Moriya warned that an abnormal increase in the number of cigarettes consumed by a smoker could be a sign of suicidal tendencies. "

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 17, 2004