Effects of anxiety sensitivity reduction on smoking abstinence: An analysis from a panic prevention program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Scientific evidence implicates anxiety sensitivity (AS) as a risk factor for poor smoking cessation outcomes. Integrated smoking cessation programs that target AS may lead to improved smoking cessation outcomes, potentially through AS reduction. Yet, little work has evaluated the efficacy of integrated smoking cessation treatment on smoking abstinence. The present study prospectively examined treatment effects of a novel AS reduction-smoking cessation intervention relative to a standard smoking cessation intervention on smoking abstinence.

Method

Participants (N = 529; 45.9% male; M_age = 38.23, SD = 13.56) included treatment-seeking smokers who received either a 4-session integrated anxiety-reduction and smoking cessation intervention (Smoking Treatment

SUBMITTER: Zvolensky MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6022361 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature