Understanding the role of cessation fatigue in smoking relapse: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Relapse risk among people who formerly smoke is influenced by task difficulty. Cessation fatigue (CF) may be a better predictor than measures such as reported strength of urges to smoke (SUTS) and abstinence self-efficacy (ASE). It may also be affected by quit length and use of other nicotine products. The current study investigated whether post-quitting CF predicts higher relapse risk, its predictive utility relative to ASE and SUTS and whether the CF-relapse prediction was moderated by time since quitting.

Design

Data drawn from longitudinal cohort surveys conducted between 2016 and 2022 of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.

Setting

Canada, the United States, England and Australia.

Participants

People

SUBMITTER: Yong HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779587 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature