ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2016
Chronic Pain Status, Nicotine Withdrawal, and Expectancies for Smoking Cessation Among Lighter Smokers.
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- Chronic cigarette smoking is linked with structural alterations in brain regions showing acute nicotinic drug-induced functional modulations.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2016Pooled it
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- Increasing cessation motivation and treatment engagement among smokers in pain: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Trial
- Identifying mechanisms that link pain to smoking relapse during a quit attempt.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Pain characteristics and nicotine deprivation as predictors of performance during a laboratory paradigm of smoking cessation.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Nicotine deprivation increases pain intensity, neurogenic inflammation, and mechanical hyperalgesia among daily tobacco smokers.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2018Trial
- Associations Between Pain and Substance Use Among Individuals Diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes or Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Alcohol use severity in relation to pain severity and interference among latinx adults with current pain who smoke cigarettes.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Pain Severity and Smoking Abstinence Expectancies among Latinx Individuals Who Smoke Cigarettes: The Moderating Role of Perceived Discrimination.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Consensus statement on smoking cessation in patients with pain.Journal of anesthesia · 2022Review
- The Impact of Smoking on the Development and Severity of Chronic Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Anxiety sensitivity and modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors: the role of pain intensity among individuals with chronic pain.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of Caffeine on Intervertebral Disc Cell Viability in a Whole Organ Culture Model.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Mechanism of Electroacupuncture Analgesia on Nicotine Withdrawal-Induced Hyperalgesia in a Rat Model.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Pain Status as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation Initiation, Lapse, and Relapse.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Perceived Pain and Smoking Interrelations and Expectancies Are Associated With Pain and Smoking Cessation in Individuals With Mobility Impairments.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
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- Pain self-efficacy, race, and motivation to quit smoking among persons living with HIV (PLWH).Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Smoking is associated with a higher risk of unplanned medical visits among adult patients with diabetes, using retrospective electronic medical record data from 2014 to 2016.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic pain and tobacco smoking are both highly prevalent and comorbid conditions, and chronic pain may pose a barrier to smoking cessation. PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to test associations between chronic pain status and several smoking-related factors that have previously been shown to predict cessation outcomes.
methodDaily smokers (N = 205) were recruited from the general population to complete an online survey of pain and tobacco smoking.
resultsResults indicated that smokers with chronic pain (vs. no chronic pain) consumed more cigarettes per day, scored higher on an established measure of tobacco dependence, reported having less confidence in their ability to quit, and endorsed expectations for experiencing greater difficulty and more severe nicotine withdrawal during future cessation attempts. Mediation analyses further indicated that the inverse association between chronic pain and abstinence self-efficacy was indirectly influenced by past cessation failures.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that individuals with chronic pain may constitute an important subgroup of tobacco smokers who tend to experience lower confidence and greater difficulty when attempting to quit. Future research would benefit from replicating these findings among older and more diverse samples of heavier tobacco smokers, and extending this work to the study of prospective relations between chronic pain status and cessation-relevant processes/outcomes over the course of a quit attempt.
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