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A case of nicotine psychosis?
Author(s) -
FOULDS JONATHAN,
TOONE BRIAN
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.90343512.x
Subject(s) - nicotine , psychosis , psychiatry , nicotine dependence , medicine , psychology
A woman attempting to stop smoking using transdermal nicotine patches experienced a variety of transient delusions and hallucinations after smoking a cigarette. Various possible explanations are discussed.