Smokers should be given anger management lessons to help them give up smoking, a study suggests.....
University of California tests on 20 people found nicotine helped calm aggression, but it was more likely from people not wearing nicotine patches.
Researchers hypothesised smokers were more likely to be people prone to anger and said tackling this could be a vital part of smoking cessation services.
NHS stop smoking services said the research would be considered.
Researchers got the participants to play a computer game - once wearing a nicotine-replacement patch and once using a dummy patch, the Behavioural and Brain Functions journal reported.
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University of California tests on 20 people found nicotine helped calm aggression, but it was more likely from people not wearing nicotine patches.
Researchers hypothesised smokers were more likely to be people prone to anger and said tackling this could be a vital part of smoking cessation services.
NHS stop smoking services said the research would be considered.
Researchers got the participants to play a computer game - once wearing a nicotine-replacement patch and once using a dummy patch, the Behavioural and Brain Functions journal reported.
cont'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8015217.stm
