Children's psyches are very vulnerable to nicotine and alcohol. Cigarettes and alcohol impair children's cognitive abilities and mental health.
This was reported by Otto Stoyka, a doctor at the Kyiv City Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health, during a press conference, according to a correspondent of UNN .
The psyche of children is very vulnerable to nicotine and alcohol. They have different effects: alcohol inhibits the nervous system, while nicotine stimulates it. Both are very harmful in that they impair children's cognitive abilities and their psyche. They become less capable of learning, less calm, that is, they become unbalanced, unable to concentrate. That's why psychoactive substances make a very negative contribution here the most
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The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reminded that everyone has the right to a safe smoke-free environment. They also explained in which public places smoking is prohibited.