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Dependence on smoking may be psychological as well as physical; the smoker misses whatever he gets from smoking but he does not really need it. Often, too, smoking has become such an ingrained habit that the smoker has a cigarette almost without knowing it. Some people smoke because they associate smoking with being sociable. To offer and to take cigarettes establishes a bond between people, and in this way it resembles food and drink. To the shy and introverted it offers something for them to do with their hands and makes them appear self-confident. Read the rest of this entry »

People smoke for a wide variety of reasons. Once they have smoked their first few experimental cigarettes, which can cause coughing, nausea and sometimes vomiting, most smokers get pleasure from the taste and aroma of tobacco and tobacco smoke. They may also get pleasure from the whole ritual of lighting up; from handling cigarettes, a lighter or matches; from the action of inhaling and from watching the smoke curl upwards. Smokers make two claims for their habit. First, that smoking sedates them, or ‘settles their nerves’ when they need sedating. Second, that it acts as a stimulant when they need to work. Read the rest of this entry »