Smoking to Relieve Tension or Improve Mood
Current as of: March 12, 2020
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Michael F. Bierer, MD - Internal Medicine
Smoking to Relieve Tension or Improve MoodTopic OverviewAsk yourself some questions to see whether you smoke to relieve tension, irritability, and stress or to improve your mood.
The stress relief you get from smoking comes from the act of taking time out to smoke a cigarette and from the chemical actions of nicotine in your brain. If you return to the scene of the stressful event after you finish your cigarette, it doesn't take long before the tension comes back and you need another cigarette. Smoking is only a temporary solution for handling stress, tension, or depression. The only way to truly control the stress in your life is to identify what causes stress for you and learn how to change the way you react to stressful events and situations. CreditsCurrent as of: March 12, 2020
Author: Healthwise Staff
Current as of: March 12, 2020 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Michael F. Bierer, MD - Internal Medicine |
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