Contingency management and cognitive behavioral therapy for trauma-exposed smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to smoke and less successful in quit attempts than individuals without psychopathology. Contingency management (CM) techniques (i.e., incentives for abstinence) have demonstrable efficacy for smoking cessation in some populations with psychopathology, but have not been well tested in PTSD. This pilot study examined the feasibility of CM plus brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in promoting smoking cessation among trauma-exposed individuals with and without PTSD.

Methods

Fifty trauma-exposed smokers (18 with PTSD) were asked to abstain from tobacco and nicotine replacement therapy for one month. During week one of cessation, CBT was provided daily and increasing

SUBMITTER: Japuntich SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324961 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature