{"id":7733,"date":"2026-06-05T12:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/?p=7733"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:57:31","slug":"world-no-tobacco-day-could-hormones-influence-tobacco-cravings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/world-no-tobacco-day-could-hormones-influence-tobacco-cravings\/","title":{"rendered":"World No Tobacco Day: could hormones influence tobacco cravings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a53d7ad\" data-block-id=\"a53d7ad\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-a53d7ad-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-d0dcfc9\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"d0dcfc9\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-d0dcfc9 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 25% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-d0dcfc9-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-d0dcfc9-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-47dc05d\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"47dc05d\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-47dc05d {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 50% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-47dc05d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-47dc05d-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/No-Tobacco.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9dd128c\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9dd128c\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-9dd128c {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 25% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9dd128c-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9dd128c-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoking addiction is not only about nicotine. Stress, emotional balance, social connection, and brain chemistry can all influence cravings and dependency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One hormone receiving growing attention is <strong>oxytocin<\/strong>, often called the \u201cbonding hormone,\u201d because of its role in emotional warmth, trust, sociability, and stress regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary studies suggest that oxytocin may help reduce tobacco cravings and stress-related smoking urges in some individuals. People experiencing chronic stress, social withdrawal, or emotional distance may sometimes find quitting smoking more challenging. Researchers continue to explore how hormones, emotional wellbeing, and addictive behaviors may interact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are struggling to stop smoking despite repeated efforts, discussing a broader medical evaluation with a qualified healthcare professional may be helpful. A personalized approach that considers stress management, emotional wellbeing, lifestyle habits, and hormonal balance may provide additional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking addiction is not only about nicotine. Stress, emotional balance, social connection, and brain chemistry can all influence cravings and dependency. One hormone receiving growing attention is oxytocin, often called the \u201cbonding hormone,\u201d because of its role in emotional warmth, trust, sociability, and stress regulation. Preliminary studies suggest that oxytocin may help reduce tobacco cravings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[316,319,61,317,130,242,315,318],"class_list":["post-7733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tips","tag-addiction","tag-cravings","tag-hormone","tag-nicotine","tag-oxytocin-2","tag-therapy","tag-tobacco","tag-wellbeing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7735,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733\/revisions\/7735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}