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PSYCH 088: Tobacco-Related Disorders

Medlock Holmes is summoned to investigate the greatest unsolved epidemic in modern psychiatry.

Unlike the previous cases, there is no mystery about what causes the deaths.

The evidence has been overwhelming for decades.

Yet millions continue to use the substance.

The mystery is not what tobacco does.

The mystery is why humanity continues to smoke despite knowing the truth.

Holmes begins where every psychiatrist must begin-with nicotine.

Nicotine is one of the most powerfully addictive substances known, reaching the brain within seconds after inhalation. Each cigarette reinforces a rapid cycle…

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