Is smoking a sign of depression?

Answer 1

You get a high from nicotine,,the lack of the drug in your system brings on depression. You don't smoke because you are depressed,,you are addicted to nicotine. You didn't have your first cig because you were depressed,you experimented.
It became your habit and you were hooked. Refuseal to put nicotine in your body-system will un-hook you. It won't be easy,,but you will be free and happy and live longer.

Answer 2

no it could be caused by peer pressure, addiction, or just personal choice to try somthing new. Some people just smoke socialy with their friends so they don't always feel left out at parties when everyones outside chatting and smocking.
Smocking is a nast habit and i hope no one here will start or i hope they'll eventually stop, but smocking is a personal choice and even normal people who are far from depression do it. If your depressed you'll become really sad, but that doesn't mean you'd always smoke just because your depressed. Usually people who are depressed drink and smoke drugs not cigarettes.

Answer 3

Not necessarily, but I do know a couple people who seem to smoke as a way to self-medicate depression. But I think most people who smoke started young for whatever reason (to be rebellious, for instance) and haven't been able to quit.

Answer 4

Smoking usually starts with trying to be in the in crowd. Once hooked you have a hard time quitting. Nicotine is a drug. Try the patch, the gum, or the candy. But you really have to want to quit. No it is not a mental disorder, it is a physical one.

Answer 5

I dont think so, but it does relieve anxiety, to a certain degree.

But it does, however, make the body feel bad, which might cause depression, I guess.

Answer 6

not unless u want to commit suicide. STOP ure killing ureself and others - itz even worse for the ppl around u

this question mite be a sign tho

Answer 7

Ask Betty Davis.

Answer 8

It's a sign of a bad habit and addiction.

Answer 9

yes and no,
yes if u are smoking while sitting somewhere alone with the long face....
no if u are smoking while talking to friends, at the pub / club etc.....

Answer 10

i think it can be, especially when people start at older ages. younger people will do it to look "cool". I think smoking and drinking can help people calm them down, so it could be.