{"id":932,"date":"2014-10-28T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/?p=932"},"modified":"2015-06-06T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T12:00:14","slug":"body-language-of-smoking-body-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/body-language-of-smoking-body-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Language of Smoking Body Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body Language of Smoking Body Language<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a>Cue<\/strong>: Smoking Body Language<\/p>\n

Synonym(s)<\/strong>: Deep Smoking, Quick Puff Of Cigarette, Cigarette Blown Up or Down.<\/p>\n

Description<\/strong>: The method by which smoking cigarettes occurs such as quick or slow puffs, deep or shallow, with exhalation up or down, can indicate hidden thoughts.<\/p>\n

In One Sentence<\/strong>: Smoking body language may give off cues of underlying emotion depending on how it is done.<\/p>\n

How To Use it<\/strong>: See Meaning and\/or Motivation for clues as to how you might signal nonverbally while smoking.<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: General.<\/p>\n

Verbal Translation<\/strong>: See Meaning and\/or Motivation.<\/p>\n

Variant<\/strong>: See Blowing Off Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cue In Action<\/strong>: See Meaning and\/or Motivation.<\/p>\n

Meaning and\/or Motivation: An addictive habit that sometimes serves as an oral fix to sooth discomfort. Some have said that smoking is a replacement to the comfort brought about by thumb-sucking. Reading the body language of smoking serves to indicate hidden underlying emotions.<\/p>\n

A deep inhalation signals the desire to be sedated and calmed when under pressure.<\/p>\n

A quick puff show a desire to stimulate the brain and get to work. This person might be seen picking up and putting the cigarette down as if agitated.<\/p>\n

Quick exhalation with smoke blown upwards shows positive thoughts, while smoke blown down shows negative thoughts.<\/p>\n

Slow exhalation is a sign of an increase in consideration.<\/p>\n

Conversely, those who smoke are often conscious of the wind direction and will blow smoke such that it does not waft into the faces of nearby non-smokers. Thus, they may blow smoke in the most contentious way. If this is done, it shows that a person is caring of others.<\/p>\n

Cue Cluster<\/strong>: Watch for accompanying signals depending on the way in which smoking occurs to verify the emotional message.<\/p>\n

Body Language Category<\/strong>: Amplifier, Aggressive body language, Comfort body language, Confident body language, Emotional body language, Negative body language, Pacifying body language, Stressful body language.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Martin, Peter ; Waldo Bird, H. One type of the \u201cin-search-of-a-mother\u201d marital patterns. The Psychiatric Quarterly. 1962. 36(1): 283-293.<\/p>\n

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Nishitani, Shota ; Miyamura, Tsunetake ; Tagawa, Masato ; Sumi, Muneichiro ; Takase, Ryuta ; Doi, Hirokazu ; Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ; Shinohara, Kazuyuki. The calming effect of a maternal breast milk odor on the human newborn infant. Neuroscience Research. 2009. 63(1): 66-71.<\/p>\n

Oral fixation in the 21st century. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2004, Vol.38(6), p.478-478.<\/p>\n

Story, R. Ian Hunt, Howard F. (editor). Effets on Thinking of Relationships Between Conflict Arousal and Oral Fixation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1968. 73(5): 440-448.<\/p>\n

Sand-Jecklin, Kari. Patient Anxiety Levels Related to Gynecologic Examinations: Use of the Color Breathwork Relaxation Method. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2008. 22(4): 240-242.<\/p>\n

Tainsky, Al. Calm, cool, collected: a meditation primer. Inside MS, Wntr. 2002. 20(1): 24(4).<\/p>\n

Val-laillet, David ; Nowak, Raymond ; Giraud, Sandra ; Tallet, C\u00e9line ; Boivin, Xavier. Nonnutritive sucking: One of the major determinants of filial love. Developmental Psychobiology. 2006. 48(3): 220-232.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Body Language of Smoking Body Language Cue: Smoking Body Language Synonym(s): Deep Smoking, Quick Puff Of Cigarette, Cigarette Blown Up or Down. Description: The method by which smoking cigarettes occurs such as quick or slow puffs, deep or shallow, with…<\/p>\n

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