ArticlePsychopharmacology2013
Responsiveness to reward following cessation of smoking.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Possible New Symptoms of Tobacco Withdrawal II: Anhedonia-A Systematic Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Pooled it
- Anhedonia: Its Dynamic Relations With Craving, Negative Affect, and Treatment During a Quit Smoking Attempt.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- Anhedonia as a component of the tobacco withdrawal syndrome.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2015Trial
- Reinforcement enhancement by nicotine: A novel abuse-liability assessment of e-cigarettes in young adults.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- African American Children's Diminished Returns of Subjective Family Socioeconomic Status on Fun Seeking.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Reward Responsiveness in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: African Americans' Diminished Returns of Parental Education.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Adolescent and adult nicotine exposure differentially impacts oral nicotine and oral saccharin self-administration in mice.Behavioural brain research · 2019Article
- Does Tobacco Abstinence Decrease Reward Sensitivity? A Human Laboratory Test.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
- Nicotine Acutely Enhances Reinforcement from Non-Drug Rewards in Humans.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2017Review
- Reward and affective regulation in depression-prone smokers.Biological psychiatry · 2014Article
- Reinforcement enhancing effects of nicotine via smoking.Psychopharmacology · 2013Article
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Abstract
RATIONALE AND
objectivesIt has been suggested that stopping smoking may lead to reduced responsiveness to rewarding stimulation. We assessed such changes in dependent smokers who abstained from smoking continuously for 4 weeks.
methodsEight hundred seventy-four consecutive smokers treated at a UK Clinic provided ratings of changes in their perception of rewarding events at 1 and 4 weeks after their target quit date. Measurements included the Enjoyment of Life Questionnaire (EOL) and Mood and Physical Symptoms Scale (a measure of withdrawal discomfort). Self-reports of continuous abstinence were verified by expired air carbon monoxide readings.
resultsIn 585 participants who were continuously abstinent for the first week and provided EOL ratings, there was an increase in positive reactions to rewarding events compared to reactions while smoking (t = 5.9, p < 0.001). In 192 participants who were continuously abstinent for 4 weeks and provided ratings at both 1 and 4 weeks, there was a further significant increase in positive reactions (F(1,191) = 18.71, p < 0.001). More severe withdrawal discomfort was related to decreased enjoyment of rewarding events.
conclusionsResponsiveness to reward increases within a week of stopping smoking and it increases further after 4 weeks of abstinence. The finding has implications for reassuring smokers worried about post-quitting mood changes.
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