 Re: *Article: Smoking May Ease Anger And Anxiety, Acting as Trigger
I think that we are beginning to understand the nature of tobacco addiction
better as this wave of new research or at least widely published research
filters through to more smokers/quitters.
at one time it was just thought that you stopped smoking with a bit of will
power and that was it! we are now beginning to understand that it is a lot
more complex than that and that psychological issues are probably at the
heart of the whole thing. we might at last be going from seeing smoking as
a social problem to seeing it as a drug problem.
we can only hope
Richard
"Robbb" <robbb@DICEALLCAPSciggyfree.org> wrote in message
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> note: I found this article interesting though particpants were few but =
> *emotional smokers may have a harder time quitting*
>
> Anger or anxiety may trigger the urge to smoke in some people, according
> to a new study that suggests emotional smokers may have a harder time
> quitting.
>
> The study also found that men are more likely to smoke when they are angry
> and women are more likely to smoke when they are happy.
>
> "Anger and negative affect may trigger smoking in some people, a process
> that may explain the higher relapse rates following smoking cessation that
> have been reported for high-hostile rather than low-hostile and for
> depressed rather than non-depressed individuals," says the study's lead
> author Ralph J. Delfino, M.D., Ph.D., of the university of California,
> Irvine.
>
> The study is published in the August issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
>
> Although the study included only 25 women and 35 men, the data was based
> on nearly 7,000 observations gathered during two 24-hour periods of
> continuous monitoring. Eligible participants, defined as those who smoked
> at least 10 cigarettes a day and were otherwise healthy, were recruited by
> local newspaper advertisements.
>
> Over the two 24-hour periods, the subjects wore monitors that measured
> their blood pressure approximately every 20 minutes. Every time their
> pressure was taken during waking hours, participants recorded their
> location, activity and mood states in a diary. Participants were also told
> to initiate blood pressure readings and write in their diary before and
> after smoking.
>
> The researchers found that both men and women were more likely to smoke
> when they were angry, but the effect was stronger in men. Women also were
> more likely to smoke when they were happy, while men were not.
>
> The subjects in this study were more likely to smoke when they were sad,
> with the effect stronger in men than women. Both men and women were twice
> as likely to smoke when anxious.
>
> The study results also suggested that the men obtained an immediate but
> short-lived calming of their anger when they smoked. This may be due to
> metabolic effects of nicotine in the brain, says Delfino.
>
> "Smoking-cessation and preventive interventions may require new methods
> that teach anger and stress management as well as broader aspects of
> effective emotional regulation," the researchers say.
>
> The differences between the genders in emotional triggers of smoking
> should be taken into account, they say. "If smoking cues and reinforcing
> effects differ in men and women, smoking-cessation interventions may
> require some level of gender-specificity if they are to succeed."
>
> The study was funded by the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research
> Program and the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Drug
> Abuse, through the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Grant
> Award.
>
> # # #
>
> Nicotine & Tobacco Research is the official peer-reviewed quarterly
> journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Release Date:
> August 20, 2001
>
> Note: "Smoking-cessation and preventive interventions may require new
> methods that teach anger and stress management as well as broader aspects
> of effective emotional regulation," the researchers say.
>
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OK you all have a great night I have to run away and party!
lol
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee don't smoke!
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"'Kate-" <not_at_home-@home.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 May 2005 22:22:15 GMT, "Robbb"
> <robbb@DICEALLCAPSciggyfree.org> the following was posted in blue
> crayon:
>
>
> Ok.. now that I'm feeling a little better and that headache is gone,
> had a meal, and the kids are home to keep me from being more stupid
> than I usually am.. NOW YOU POST THIS?
>
> thanks. :-)
>
> 'Kate
>
