Help finding: Nicotine & Stress

[McVapor]

Hey Fellow vapers,

I have been lurking all morning trying to find a study or documentation on the effects of nicotine and stress. I get asked this a lot or pointed out to by others who believe the following to be true: "Nicotine does not lower stress but in fact brings your levels back to normal. The illusion of stress reduction is a byproduct of nicotine addiction as those who do not smoke experience overall less stress than those that do"

I would love to see more information / documentation on this. Are we actually relieved of stress? Or is are we stressed out because of the addiction and the nicotine soothes us back to normal?

 

[daleron]

Odd question
Did you look in the Wellness forum?

 

[McVapor]

Yea I did a general search followed by specific sub-forum searches. It is such a specific question that I am having a hard time dialing-in.

I honestly have no answers for my friends but I would HOPE that im lowering my stress with nicotine (vs raising it through addiction)

 

[daleron]

Is this something like you're looking for?

Effects of Smoking/Nicotine on Anxiety, Heart Rate, and Lateralization of EEG During a Stressful Movie - Gilbert - 2007 - Psychophysiology - Wiley Online Library

Oh gee .. that's old, let me look again

 

[daleron]

Ugh ... I'm not good on research.
Everything I see is doctor's saying smoking does not relieve stress
Sorry!

 

[McVapor]

This is very helpful and interesting. I am still looking in the meanwhile for a study that is based more along the lines of stress levels in a demographic (age, gender, race, ect as a control) over a longer period of time.

ie: smokers vs non-smokers and their stress levels.

 

[daleron]

Googled this smokers vs non-smokers and their stress levels and got this!

https://www.google.com/search?q=smo...SGYvnoASezIK4CQ&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=935

 

[McVapor]

What a simple source to find information! Thanks so much, I will probably be sourcing one of these many images and their following pages.

 

[McVapor]

ps: It seems these results are less scientific than I would like, simply being a generalized pool of people reporting their stress, ect. But I think this will suffice for my needs.

 

[daleron]

What a simple source to find information! Thanks so much, I will probably be sourcing one of these many images and their following pages.

Oh wow, you mean that was helpful? Cool!

 

[McVapor]

hey Daleron, how did you get the title lurker? I'm a bit jellies (Apparently, spellcorrect suggested jellies as the correct spelling of jelious so I went with it haha)

 

[daleron]

hey Daleron, how did you get the title lurker? I'm a bit jellies (Apparently, spellcorrect suggested jellies as the correct spelling of jelious so I went with it haha)

In your settings where your's says Super Member, you type in what you want it to say and save, easy peasy

 

[03FXDWG]

My stress goes way down when busy body non-smokers & non-vapers leave me alone! My family's stress levels went way up if I ran out of cigarettes. Twice before when I tried to quit, my husband went & bought me more cigarettes & he's a former chain smoker!

I don't think it's so much about reducing stress for me as it is about keeping my hands busy. Some people knit, sew, crochet--I smoked but now I vape. I don't vape and didn't smoke nearly as much when I'm working. I was an ADHD kid and now I am an AADD. I choose nicotine to manage my condition rather than other chemicals I can't pronounce and need a doctor's prescription and good health care plan to get.