Does Smoking Cause Stress?

Berlin hotel roomsAn Article in the October 1999 issue of the American Psychologist examinesthis provocative question. While smokers often report that cigarettes helps tocontrol their mood and modulate stress, surveys indicate that stress levels ofsmokers are higher than those of non smokers. When smokers quit theirreported stress levels go down.

As hard as it might be for a smoker to imagine, nicotine dependency actuallyincreases stress. Dependent smokers report normal moods after smoking acigarette and poor moods between cigarettes. 

It appears that the apparent relaxation effect of smoking only reflects thereversal of the tension and irritability that results when nicotine is beingdepleted from the body. Between cigarettes the smoker is going into withdrawal,so tb&b hotels Ennis dealshe dependent smoker needs nicotine just to remain normal.

The article concludes that smoking does not decrease stress but actuallymakes it worse. When you quit smoking your stress level will actually go down.Consider that for a moment... it may move you toward quitting.