《中英對照讀新聞》Quitting smoking reduces anxiety 戒菸降低緊張感

《中英對照讀新聞》Quitting smoking reduces anxiety 戒菸降低緊張感

2013-03-07

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Smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards - despite the belief that smoking relieves stress, researchers say.

研究人員說，雖然一般認為吸菸可舒緩壓力，但吸菸者成功戒菸後，反而比較不會覺得緊張。

The British Journal of Psychiatry study followed nearly 500 smokers attending NHS stop smoking clinics in England. It found a "significant" decrease in anxiety levels among the 68 smokers who had quit after six months.

「英國精神病學期刊」刊登的這份研究，追蹤在英格蘭前往「國民保健服務處（NHS）」戒菸診所的近500名吸菸者。研究發現，68名在6個月後戒菸的吸菸者，緊張感「顯著」降低。

The effect was greater among those who had mood and anxiety disorders than those that smoked for pleasure.

戒菸對有情緒與緊張失調者的影響，比為了愉悅感而吸菸者來得大。

The researchers - drawn from several universities including Cambridge, Oxford and Kings’s College in London - said the findings should be used to reassure smokers attempting to quit that concerns about increased anxiety levels were unfounded.

選自劍橋、牛津與倫敦國王學院等大學的研究人員說，這項研究發現應該被用以讓嘗試戒菸的吸菸者保證，戒菸會增加緊張感的憂慮沒有根據。


新聞辭典

afterwards：副詞，後來。例句：We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.（我們喝了茶，然後在花園裡坐了一會兒。）

relieve：動詞，舒緩。例句：She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain.（她打了一針嗎啡舒緩疼痛。）

unfounded：形容詞，無根據的。例句：I’m pleased to see that our fears about the weather proved totally unfounded.（我很高興我們對天氣的擔心最後是多慮了。）