"Most people think that smoking reduces stress. But the reality is completely different."
Milli.Az reports that this was said by Farid Rafibeyli, a researcher in neuroelm.
According to him, smoking can only reduce the stress it creates. As the effect of nicotine wears off, "artificial stress" signals such as restlessness, tension, aggression, and nervousness arise in the body:
"A person smokes and these signals quiet down for a few minutes. They interpret this as a reduction of other stresses. However, this is just a short break for the next cycle of addiction. Real stresses in life, such as work, family, and responsibilities, neither reduce nor disappear with smoking. On the contrary, smoking increases stress by adding extra burden to the person's emotional system."
F. Rafibeyli noted that everyone who quits smoking realizes after a while that real comfort begins when they are without cigarettes:
"Because the source of stress is the cigarette itself."