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In this paper we describe some findings from our research into smoking behaviour. In the first two sections evidence will be presented that smokers feel that smoking helps them both to concentrate and to relax, cite these types of help as motives for smoking, and smoke more during times of work and stress. In the following two sections studies will be described which have shown that smoking has a beneficial effect on mental efficiency and that this effect is due to the action of nicotine on the central nervous system. Finally we shall consider the role of nicotine in smoking motivation, and present evidence that the availability of nicotine influences smoking behaviour in work situations, particularly by altering inhalation patterns
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Wesnes, K., Revell, A., Warburton, D.M. (1984). Work and Stress as Motives for Smoking. In: Cumming, G., Bonsignore, G. (eds) Smoking and the Lung. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2409-6_15
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