Stress, coffe drink, tobacco and alcohol consumption in a student sample of smokers

Emotional responses to stress play an important role in health behavior change. During times of low and high academic demands, health behaviors tend to be deteriorated in college undergraduate students (Weidner et al., 1996). A similar study found increasing anxiety and smoking behaviors, but a decrease in the consumption of alcohol during the examination period in medical students (Ogden & Mtandabari, 1997). In current smokers, mean score on Perceived Stress Scale is significantly higher than that of the students who don’t smoke (Naquin & Gilbert, 1996).