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Stress is a leading reason why smokers start and keep smoking. Worse, the process of quitting smoking is a big source of stress. This means that quitting can be very hard. Learning to deal with stress in healthy ways will help you to quit successfully.

Since nicotine is a stimulant when consumed in small amounts, it makes your blood pressure and heart rate increase. These physical changes in the body that result from smoking also affect the mind. The mind views these changes as pleasurable. The same is true when nicotine is consumed in larger amounts and the body becomes relaxed.

The good feeling caused by the alertness and dopamine production that stimulants induce has stress reduction properties. Obviously, a feeling of relaxation is going to reduce the amount of stress you are feeling.

Interestingly, stress and exhilaration actually have quite similar physical effects on the body. The biggest differences between these things are how the mind views the feelings and how the brain reacts to what it experiences.

There are very few things that can happen to a person that will always be considered stressful. The way our mind evaluates situations is what determines whether or not they cause us stress. Potentially stressful occurrences can include getting cut off while driving, worrying about getting fired from a job, or losing a loved one in death. These events tend to affect us in a negative way.

When a smoker uses cigarettes to deal with the stress they are exposed to as a part of their everyday lives, they are training themselves to rely on a chemical instead of themselves for stress relief. A simple change in attitude can reduce stress.

For example, instead of feeling like every driver is dangerous and rude, you can think things out and realize that the majority of people on the road are really quite safe drivers. If you begin to have serious fears regarding your job security, you can think about the fact that another job will come up, one that might be better for you.

While you are going through the process of quitting smoking, keeping a positive attitude can be difficult. Partially due to stress, only 6% of people who try to quit are able to quit permanently the first time that they try to do so. Working on your anti-stress attitude before you ever go for a smoke will help a lot.