Should Mentally Ill Patients Be Allowed To Smoke? by Maia Szalavitz.  Time.  February 8, 2013.

The more disabling the mental illness, the higher the smoking rate with 88% of those suffering from schizophrenia being regular smokers.  Some research has shown that nicotine can have an antidepressant and antipsychotic effect.  With these benefits in mind mental health professionals weigh the harms and benefits of smoking to the mentally ill.  Also complicating matters is the common practice of reward patients with cigarettes.  Cessation strategies, including e-cigarettes, are addressed in the article.