Antinicotine propaganda harms smokers: effect notsebo "

Indian psychologists have found that antinicotine propaganda significantly affects the health of smokers, reports Habrahabr.
In a series of experiments, scientists from the Bombay University, smokers showed a ten-minute film and spent a short lecture about the dangers of smoking.
Thereafter, the subjects were medical examination, then were released on a smoke break, and immediately re-conducted several tests.
Compared with the control group of smokers (for whom the lectures and showed a film on oral health) in subjects who were previously subjected to a half-hour nicotine propaganda, and worse overall health, and they showed significant adverse physiological responses to smoking one or two of cigarettes, such as changing the frequency and depth of respiration, heart rate, pressure, strength and stability of nerve processes.
A similar effect has long been known in medicine and called notsebo (the antithesis of placebo), which means not having a real pharmacological effect, may have adverse effects on health and condition of the patient if he believes in its severity.
The authors of the experiment, naturally, does not deny the harm of smoking: study only confirmed the hypothesis that antinicotine propaganda can potentially aggravate the injury.
Meanwhile, social network Habrahabr indicates that verify this information failed. "Novostnik" who sent the results of research, argued that it was not missed in the print editor in chief.
If the information received resonance, there is a very funny situation with the rights of smokers, which are not ready many governments are actively financing nicotine program.
Recall that the May 27, 2008 Ministry of Health of Brazil began a new series of anti-social tough, showing 10 images that illustrate the health risks to smokers.
Perhaps the most stunning - a dead baby, smoky tobacco smoke and littering of cigarette butts in, as well as photo beautiful young woman, whose skin is a pack of cigarettes appears wrinkled and aged, corroded ulcers.
In the autumn of last year in the UK have appeared on cigarette packs images of rotting teeth and tumors formed in the throat due to smoking.
For the first time such a method to reduce the number of smokers has been undertaken in Canada in 2001. Images consequences of smoking are printed on certain tobacco products in Romania and Belgium.