NICOTINE FADING, SELF-MONITORING AND CIGARETTE FADING TO PRODUCE CIGARETTE ABSTINENCE OR CONTROLLED SMOKING
NICOTINE FADING, SELF-MONITORING AND CIGARETTE FADING TO PRODUCE CIGARETTE ABSTINENCE OR CONTROLLED SMOKING
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-7967(83)90122-5
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
AXELROTH, E
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作者:
FOXX, RM;AXELROTH, E
A smoking-treatment program was developed and evaluated. Twelve subjects were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups within a multiple baseline design. Subjects were first given a nicotine-fading and self-monitoring procedure for 3 wk in which they changed their cigarette brands each week to ones containing progressively less nicotine and tar and plotted their daily intake of the 2 substances. Those subjects unable to quit smoking were then given a cigarette-fading procedure in which they systematically reduced the number of cigarettes smoked for 3 wk. The study had the following 2 goals: to achieve a reasonable percentage of abstinence; and to reduce nonabstainers'' smoking to a safer level by having them smoke very low tar and nicotine cigarettes. The 12-mo. follow-up results revealed that 33% of the subjects were abstinent and all nonabstainers were smoking cigarettes lower in tar and nicotine than their baseline brands. Half the nonabstainers had decreased their smoking rate relative to baseline while the other half had increased. The subjects decreased their daily nicotine intake by 13.3 mg (81.6% reduction from baseline) and tar intake by 218.2 mg (85.5% reduction from baseline). The study''s goals were achieved, and the nonaversive combined procedure could be used to treat not only habitual smokers but also those with cardiovascular and respiratory problems who cannot be treated by smoking-cessation procedures that use cigarette smoke as the aversive stimulus. A least-restrictive model for treating smoking is proposed and discussed.