Trial reportPsychopharmacology2009
Changes in the relative reinforcing effects of cigarette smoking as a function of initial abstinence.
Trial report in Psychopharmacology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Deprivation Has Inconsistent Effects on Delay Discounting: A Review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioral trainings and manipulations to reduce delay discounting: A systematic review.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2019Pooled it
- Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Experimental reductions of delay discounting and impulsive choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2018Pooled it
- Do lab-based assessments of pretreatment smoking reinforcement and cue-specific craving predict smoking cessation with varenicline?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Trial
- A Secondary Analysis of a Preliminary Contingency Management Intervention for Presurgical Cancer Patients: Evaluating Individual Participant Data.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Trial
- A Pilot Study of E-Cigarette Naïve Cigarette Smokers and the Effects on Craving After Acute Exposure to E-Cigarettes in the Laboratory.The American journal on addictions · 2019Trial
- Examining the effects of initial smoking abstinence on response to smoking-related stimuli and response inhibition in a human laboratory model.Psychopharmacology · 2014Trial
- Internet-based contingency management to promote smoking cessation: a randomized controlled study.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2013Trial
- Automatic approach bias towards smoking cues is present in smokers but not in ex-smokers.Psychopharmacology · 2013Trial
- A contingency-management intervention to promote initial smoking cessation among opioid-maintained patients.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2010Trial
- Evaluating the substitutability of fruit versus menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes on combustible cigarette cessation: Randomized clinical trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- The Use of Nonmonetary Outcomes in Health-Related Delay Discounting Research: Review and Recommendations.Perspectives on behavior science · 2024Review
- The Impact of Monetary Incentives on Delay Discounting Within a Year-Long Physical Activity Intervention.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Brain response in heavy drinkers during cross-commodity alcohol and money discounting with potentially real rewards: A preliminary study.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Effects of short-term nicotine deprivation on delay discounting among young, experienced, exclusive ENDS users: An initial study.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Delay discounting rate by a surrogate decision maker depends on the smoking status of the recipient.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
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Abstract
rationaleExperimental research is needed in investigating how early smoking abstinence affects relapse risk.
objectiveThe present study assessed the feasibility of promoting smoking abstinence using once- rather than thrice-daily abstinence monitoring and the relationship between different durations of initial abstinence and changes in smoking preference.
methodsParticipants were 34 adult smokers randomized into one of two conditions: 14-day (14C) and 1-day (1C) contingent payment for smoking abstinence. Smoking status and participant ratings were assessed daily; a delay discounting task involving hypothetical money and an inter-temporal choice task involving hypothetical money and cigarettes were administered at baseline and days 7 and 14; a direct test of preference for smoking versus money was assessed on day 14.
resultsOnce-daily monitoring gained robust experimental control over smoking abstinence. No differences in delay discounting for hypothetical money were observed between the two conditions. Compared to the 1C condition, participants in the 14C condition (1) showed significant increases in the mean percent of delayed hypothetical money over cigarettes choices in the inter-temporal choice task, (2) were significantly less likely to ever choose the smoking option in the direct test of preference for smoking versus money, and (3) reported greater ease of abstaining from smoking and lower nicotine withdrawal and craving.
conclusionsThese results offer a more efficient procedure for experimentally promoting smoking abstinence, while providing further evidence that an initial period of sustained abstinence produces a profile of changes consistent with an overall lowering of relapse risk.
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