Cravings, Control, and Cessation: A Scoping Review of Perceptions of Nicotine Addiction.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Nicotine addiction is the result of repeated tobacco use and subsequently promotes continued consumption, potentially acting as both cause and consequence of tobacco use. This scoping review aims to describe the literature and catalogue existing measures regarding perceptions of nicotine addiction with special attention to scales that recognize its multidimensionality.

Recent findings

Following a comprehensive review of 923 empirical articles, we found 252 articles that assessed perceptions of nicotine addiction, five of which utilized a validated measure. Single item assessments were categorized into affective concern, knowledge that tobacco is addictive, personal perceptions of addiction, other people's addiction, and comparative addictiveness. Scaled mea

SUBMITTER: Temourian AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12254085 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature