Cigarettes are more addictive for women than for men. This is the conclusion arrived at by research carried out amongst 6,000 people in São Paulo. The study was coordinated by psychiatrist Célia Lídia da Costa. “Most men only smoke for pleasure. On the other hand, depression affects many more women than men. Many women smoke cigarettes to forget the negative symptoms of depression and anxiety. This means women are psychologically more dependent on cigarettes than men are”, Costa says in an interview published by Folha Online. According to her, when men and women look for medical help to quit smoking, men take an average of three months to quit, while women take a year.

According to the survey on women’s addiction to cigarettes, we can conclude that