Quit smoking ½ seek anger management
Anger management classes may help smokers to quit, a new study has indicated.
Researchers from the University of California looked at the reactions of people playing a computer game – once while wearing a nicotine patch and once while wearing a placebo (fake) patch.
The study found that when the participants were not wearing a nicotine patch, they were more likely to react angrily.
The researchers believe this is because nicotine affects the part of the brain that controls emotion.
“Moreover, the findings suggest that nicotine may critically regulate brain areas that are involved in the inhibition of negative emotions such as anger,” the researchers said.
“Behavioural treatments, such as anger management training, may aid smoking cessation efforts in anger provoking situations that increase withdrawal and tobacco cravings,” they concluded.
The study was published in the Behavioural and Brain Functions journal.
