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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 »

My wife is often tearful before her period and we frequently have rows. Can i prevent this?

Because of the change in hormone levels during the menstrual cycle many women feel tense an irritable, less attractive and lacking in energy in the days just before menstruation. You can’t  alter you wife’s hormone pattern but you can accept it and try to be as loving as possible during these days, even if she seems unreasonable. Get her to put her feet up, cherish and spoil her a bit. And give her a hug if she tries to argue. She’s not feeling herself any more than you are when you are feeling ill. Read the rest of this entry »