Delay discounting and e-cigarette use: An investigation in current, former, and never cigarette smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smokers show greater delay discounting (devaluation of delayed consequences) than non-smokers, suggesting that rapid devaluation of the future contributes to tobacco use through a mechanism in which tobacco-related health consequences are too delayed to discourage smoking. However, little work has quantified delay discounting in relation to electronic cigarette (EC) use, a tobacco product that many users believe to pose fewer negative health consequences than cigarettes.

Methods

We assessed discounting of delayed monetary rewards in a web-based sample of 976 participants, stratified by both EC use (current and never) and cigarette use (current, former, and never).

Results

Controlling for demographic variance, current EC users generally showed grea

SUBMITTER: Stein JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390278 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature