Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, too, and one with serious health consequences. (The free dictionary by farlex).
Most smokers understand that smoking is hazardous to your health. Even though, millions attempt to quit each year unsuccessfully, because there is more to being hooked on cigarettes than the physical addiction to nicotine and tobacco. There are also psychological problems linked with smoking that make this habit dangerous, and quitting it will
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Another type by being influenced from closest people, and admiring them (parents, relatives, famous actors or singers, and movie stars). Some other aspects such as losing weight, and calming ourselves from a problem or to get away from their own problems in a matter of escaping from reality itself.
Most adults say that they smoke because of habit or routine and/or because it helps them relax and cope with stress. The idea that people smoke cigarettes to help ease the signs of stress is known as ‘self-medication’. Stress is very common, affecting us when we feel unable to handle some type of pressure. It can cause physical symptoms like headaches or breathlessness as well as making people feels anxious or low. These feelings can change our behavior. Feeling stressed often makes people drink alcohol or smoke more than usual (the free dictionary).
It is also associated as an increased risk of depression. And it varies among adults with depression are twice as high as among adults without depression. The relationship between smoking and sadness may be the result of a genetic tendency, and coping styles. Nicotine may act as an anti-depressant in some smokers and could therefore be viewed as a form of