Highly demanding work schedule reduces dependence on nicotine

Nicotine-ConsumptionWork pressures and nicotine consumption are negatively associated with each other.

A recent study discovers that highly demanding work schedules reduces dependence on nicotine.

It was found more the person is busy in his work lesser involved in nicotine consumption.

The study was conducted by a German team, head by Anna Schmidt from the University of Cologne. They have examines 197 employed smokers and try to figure out an association between work pressures and nicotine dependence.

The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, a worldwide well known test for assessing the level of nicotine dependence in smokers was carried out by the researchers to find out detailed information about the participants involved in the study.

Earlier it was assumed that more work pressures lead to more nicotine dependence but results of this study show some other outcomes. Researchers found that employees who experience stress are prone to less smoking than those who had no work pressures. The grounds of these findings can be due to strict company smoking policies and long working hours.

Schmidt believed that employed smokers are too much occupied with their work that they do not get time to smoke so they only smoke during their vacant hours. He also found that most employed workers are either married, or religious, or are highly educated which also acts as significant grounds to reduce their nicotine dependence.

The study was printed in BioMed Central's open access journal, Tobacco Induced Diseases.