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Smokers and non-smokers were tested on the Buss aggression-machine to determine their aggression scores and visual reaction times during two sessions. The mean aggression scores of the non-smokers did not differ significantly between sessions whereas there was a significant increase in aggression scores for the chronic smokers in their non-smoking (deprivation) session compared with their smoking session, This increase in aggression in deprived smokers is discussed as a factor in the continuance of the smoking habit and is positively correlated to rated hostility scores on the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory.
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Schechter, M.D., Rand, M.J. Effect of acute deprivation of smoking on aggression and hostility. Psychopharmacologia 35, 19–28 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421562
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