Sidhu 1
Sidhu Sukhdeep
Professor Karen Bartlett
English 1301
March 13, 2016
Stress and Smoking
The perception that smoking relieves stress is wrong. In fact, smokers are more stressed
compared to non-smokers and ex-smokers. Once an individual engages smokers, majority will
express their effort trying to quit smoking unsuccessfully. Trying to quit smoking and failing is
more stressing than smoking itself. Individuals at this state tend to feel helpless and subject
themselves to a life where live in denial. Parrott (1999) notes in his study that stress levels of
