The association between changes in alternative reinforcers and short-term smoking cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While more than 50% of smokers make a serious quit attempt each year, less than 10% quit permanently. Evidence from studies of adolescent smoking and other substances of abuse suggest that alternative reinforcers, a construct of Behavioral Economic Theory, may contribute to the likelihood of smoking cessation in adults. This study examined the behavioral economics of smoking cessation within a smoking cessation clinical trial and evaluated how depressive symptoms and behavioral economic variables are associated with smoking cessation.

Methods

A sample of 469 smokers, enrolled in an effectiveness trial that provided counseling and 8 weeks of 21 mg nicotine patches, was analyzed. Alternative reinforcers (substitute and complementary reinforcers) and depressive sympt

SUBMITTER: Goelz PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4030632 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature