... a way of coping with anxiety due to the rush of nicotine which gets released in the brain which can give a quick sensation of pleasure and helps calm the smoker down. With the quick sensation of pleasure from the cigarette the brain craves more nicotine; smoking is used as a stimulant and a depressant some smokers do say that smoking helps them relax. Smoking can be seen as defence mechanism because people smoke to deal with everyday problems such as anxiety or stress. Repression can be regarded as the primary, initial mechanism of defence that protects an individual against anxiety. These conflicts are accompanied by anxiety and result from interactions between the different personality structures named the ego, the id and the super ego. The id is concerned with the gratification of basic biological instincts and the pleasure principle, the ego is manifested as consciousness and the reality principle. ...

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