The role of executive functioning in smoking cessation: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Issues

Creating and implementing a plan to successfully quit smoking likely requires executive function (EF) skills such as inhibition, cognitive flexibility, attention and working memory. This scoping review consolidates the research evidence evaluating the role of EF in smoking cessation.

Approach

Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR), researchers and a medical librarian searched PubMed, EMBASE, ERIC, CINAHL and PSYCINFO in June 2022, hand-search in September 2022 using relevant MeSH terms, and an updated search was completed in August 2024.

Key findings

Fifteen articles were included. Self-regulation was the most frequently evaluated EF across all studies. Performance on measures

SUBMITTER: Viola NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11814367 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature