A particular gene may link the behaviours typical of childhood attention hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and those associated with smoking, reveals research published online in the iArchives of Disease in Childhood/i. Childhood ADHD and subsequent smoking in adulthood frequently go hand in hand, say the authors, with people who have been diagnosed with ADHD more likely to start smoking early and to smoke twice as much as those without the condition. The ...Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Common Genetic Risk Factor Links Smoking Behavior and Hyperactivity
A particular gene may link the behaviours typical of childhood attention hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and those associated with smoking, reveals research published online in the iArchives of Disease in Childhood/i. Childhood ADHD and subsequent smoking in adulthood frequently go hand in hand, say the authors, with people who have been diagnosed with ADHD more likely to start smoking early and to smoke twice as much as those without the condition. The ...
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