Behavioral activation for smoking cessation and the prevention of smoking cessation-related weight gain: A randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-cessation weight gain (PCWG) is an obstacle to smoking cessation. This trial evaluated a behavioral intervention targeting alternative rewards to smoking and high calorie snacking to promote smoking cessation while mitigating PCWG.

Methods

Adult smokers (n = 288; 119 females, 169 males) received eight weeks of transdermal nicotine and were randomized to eight sessions of behavioral activation for smoking cessation and the mitigation of PCWG (BAS+) or standard smoking cessation counseling (SC). Primary outcomes were 7-day point prevalence abstinence and PCWG 26 weeks after the target quit date. Change in caloric intake from pre-treatment through the 26-week follow-up was a secondary outcome. Data were collected from September 2016 to February 2021, and analyse

SUBMITTER: Audrain-McGovern J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature