Patterns of adaptation to stress cardiovascular responses in smokers during ad libitum smoking and withdrawal.

ABSTRACT: There is considerable evidence documenting associations between tobacco smoking, including initiation, maintenance, and relapse of addiction, with diminished cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress. However, less is known about how smokers respond to repeated stress across time. The current study examined patterns of cardiovascular reactivity and adaptation to recurrent stress among 24-h abstinence smokers, smokers who continued to smoke at their normal rate, and non-smokers. Smokers were randomly assigned to one of two groups; ad libitum (n = 42), or 24 h abstinence (n = 61); non-smokers (n = 43) provided comparative referencing. Across the two laboratory sessions, participants (n = 149) were asked to complete a modified version of the trier social stress test, while monito

SUBMITTER: Keogh TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775881 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature