How to help when smoking, alcohol complicate PTSD (AP)

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How to help when smoking, alcohol complicate PTSD
    (AP)

 


AP - Reaching for a cigarette to cope with a flashback is all too common among sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. The nicotine hit may feel good but scientists say its brain action probably makes their PTSD worse in the long run.


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