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How Smoking Tricks Your Brain into Believing It’s a Stress Reliever

When you were a teenager, your friends maybe started smoking, and all of them want you to smoke with them. They make fun of you because you don’t want to smoke, and they’re generally giving you a hard time. Every day. Some kids resist, but others may cave in to peer pressure. They finally break down and start smoking.

When you do, here’s the process: Most people say that they smoke to release stress. Especially when they get really anxious or really wound up about some…

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