Combined smoking and alcohol cues: Effects on craving, drug-seeking, and consumption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol and cigarettes are commonly used together, but little is known about their joint motivational impact. Cue reactivity studies have customarily examined alcohol and smoking cues in isolation, despite the potential for cues to elicit stronger motivational responses when combined. This study used a validated cue reactivity procedure (Choice Behavior Under Cued Conditions) systematically to disentangle the separate and joint effects of alcohol and cigarette cues on substance use motivation.

Methods

Participants were 110 adults (M_age  = 34.0, SD = 10.8) who consumed both cigarettes and alcohol. Participants completed 40 cue reactivity trials with four in vivo cue types: water, alcohol, cigarette, and combined cigarette and alcohol. Participants rated

SUBMITTER: Motschman CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature