| College courses can be so stressful and overwhelming | | | | college students. (If you do not believe it just ask |
| at times; some ask the question “does it help | | | | Starbucks.) Both of them will make you feel good |
| college students to smoke cigarettes”. If it did help, it | | | | when under stress, and stress tells the brain that it is |
| would be a short-term gain exchanged for a long-term | | | | yearning for relief. |
| loss. Cigarettes are thought to be a stress reliever, a | | | | When college students encounter the challenges of life |
| catalyst for relaxation, and an escape from the | | | | in school they must find a healthy solution to their |
| brutality of everyday life. And while cigarettes provide | | | | problems. There are many options close by that can |
| a short-lived good feeling, they are also addictive and | | | | provide that relaxing feeling that nicotine gives. There |
| poisonous to the human body. The truth of the matter | | | | are many forms of exercise that release stress. Yoga |
| is, life is stressful and college courses can multiply that | | | | has grown wildly popular for this specific reason. Yoga |
| stress, but cigarettes are the wrong answer. | | | | exercises the whole body and circulates the blood |
| College students turn to cigarettes all over the world to | | | | throughout the whole system. Many people speak of a |
| help them through the rigors of exams and the | | | | euphoric feeling when asked about this exercise. Yoga |
| challenges of term paper deadlines. The | | | | has served as a fulfilling exercise that creates calm for |
| consequences of smoking cigarettes are no secret, | | | | both the mind and body. |
| but the trend continues on with no regard for the | | | | Another stress relief is boxing or kickboxing. Billy |
| devastating damage that they cause the body. Are | | | | Blanks made million with Tae-bo by helping people |
| cigarettes really the answers for the stress that | | | | relieve their stress, many of which were college |
| college students encounter? No they are not. | | | | students. Throwing punches seems to have a unique |
| Cigarettes have never been known to be of any | | | | effect on our stress level. It really helps to release |
| value. They give you bad breath, create a unique odor | | | | aggression as well as get the blood flowing in a fun |
| in your clothes, and cause numerous long-term | | | | and exciting environment. Boxing out smoking |
| illnesses. The pleasure or enjoyment that one may | | | | cigarettes worldwide would be a better effect. |
| receive from smoking is counter balanced by an | | | | Even though the question will still be asked on |
| addiction to terrible a habit. | | | | campuses all over, “does it help college students to |
| The main addictive element in a cigarette is nicotine | | | | smoke cigarettes”, we know the truth. Stress must |
| and nicotine is a stimulant. It stimulates the body to | | | | be resolved through natural means, whether it is by |
| make the body feel good, but this is not a long-term | | | | those in pre-school, High School, College or beyond. |
| feeling. Nicotine shares a similar make-up with the | | | | Cigarettes are poisonous and there is no one to deny |
| caffeine in coffee. Coffee is another favorite of | | | | it. |