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Stan Rogers
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World Traveler
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Six months ago, the happiest group was single women in their 30s who worked as civil servants, but now it is single women in their 20s with professional jobs. |
Women are happier than men. |
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laynamarya
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Six months ago, the happiest group was single women in their 30s who worked as civil servants, but now it is single women in their 20s with professional jobs.
Women are happier than men. |
Until they get married. Then the men drag 'em down. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:45 am Post subject: |
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You wait. In the next survey the unhappiest people will the SMOKERS! $ $ |
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World Traveler
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:47 am Post subject: |
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That's actually true. I've read such surveys. Smokers tend to be less happy. |
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World Traveler
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:56 am Post subject: |
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Those who succeeded in quitting reported reduced depression, anxiety and stress and had a more positive outlook on life compared with those who continued smoking.
"The effect sizes are equal or larger than those of anti-depressant treatment for mood and anxiety disorders," said the study, published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Quitters who had been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders enjoyed a similar improvement.
Lead investigator Gemma Taylor of the University of Birmingham's School of Health and Population Sciences said she hoped the findings would dispel a widespread misconception about smoking.
"It's a common myth that smoking actually is good for your mental health -- 'smoking relieves stress,' 'smoking helps you relax,' 'smoking helps you enjoy things' -- and that common myth is really hard to overcome," Taylor told AFP in a phone interview.
But actually, the study showed that "when you stop smoking and you break the nicotine withdrawal cycle, your mental health improves."
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/quit-smoking-happier-study-article-1.1614342 |
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