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So my friend (we will call him John) started professional school 2 weeks ago (not medical school or business school), and although he is really enjoying it, he is missing the feeling of finishing all his work and being able to relax with a smoke, like he used to do in college. It kept him going strong, and it really kept his stress level down. His professional school is extremely high stress due to the enormous work load laid upon him, and he is telling me that perhaps if he smoked once a week or so it would help him to relax a bit and have something to look foward to at the end of the week besides just getting piss drunk with his friends. Has anyone ever tried this in an intense, professional school setting, or have any input or opinions for John? Originally he wanted to give up smoking for professional school for reasons not even that clear to him anymore, but he is starting to think that maybe he was using smoking as a scapegoat and there is no reason to worry about its interaction with intense academic competition as long as it is done within reason and used responsibly.