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ACTION NEEDED: TOBACCO SALES IN PHARMACIES Given the well-documented association between exposure to point-of-sale tobacco marketing and initiation and progression of tobacco use among youth and young adults, state and local governments should prohibit pharmacies from selling tobacco products
Consider socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, social marginalization, stress, and lack of community empowerment
The self-medication hypothesis suggests that schizophrenia patients smoke, in part, to alleviate negative symptoms, dysphoric mood, and neurocognitive impairments by ameliorating a dysfunctional dopamine system.10 The addiction vulnerability hypothesis suggests that genetic and neurobiological factors associated with schizophrenia (ie, alterations in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [nAChRs] and central dopamine systems) may predispose schizophrenia patients to nicotine addiction.11 Examining the effects of tobacco smoking on neurocognition in schizophrenia is crucial because it may help clarify the rationale for high consumption of tobacco products and inform treatment interventions
One major investment has been expanding literacy access through Dolly Partons Imagination Library across every ZIP code in the state
