Early lapses in a cessation attempt: lapse contexts, cessation success, and predictors of early lapse.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The great majority of smokers relapse when they make quit attempts. Therefore, understanding the process of relapse may guide the development of more effective smoking cessation or relapse prevention treatments. The goal of this research is to extend our understanding of the context of initial lapses that occur within 8 weeks of quitting by using more comprehensive assessments of context, a contemporary sample, and sophisticated analytic techniques.

Methods

Participants from a randomized controlled smoking cessation trial completed baseline assessments of demographics and tobacco dependence, a daily smoking calendar to determine latency to lapse and relapse (7 consecutive days of smoking), and an assessment of initial lapse context (affect, location, activity, i

SUBMITTER: Deiches JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3790630 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature