ArticlePsychopharmacology2016
Persistence and amplitude of cigarette demand in relation to quit intentions and attempts.
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- The electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) purchase task: Are results sensitive to price framing?Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Can I see some ID? Examining validity of the marijuana purchase task among late adolescent cannabis users.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Relating individual differences in the reinforcing value of smoking and dependence severity to nicotine exposure levels in vulnerable populations.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Validity of a little cigars/cigarillos purchase task in dual users of cigars and cigarettes.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- No evidence of the clinical utility of single-item breakpoint to inform on tobacco demand in persons with substance use disorders.Psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Using an Optimized Marijuana Purchase Task to Examine Cannabis Demand in Relation to Cannabis Misuse in Heavy Drinking Emerging Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Effects of acute distress and tobacco cues on tobacco demand.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Behavioral Economic Assessment of Alcohol and Cigarette Demand in Smokers With Alcohol Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Behavioral economic measurement of cigarette demand: A descriptive review of published approaches to the cigarette purchase task.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2020Review
- Using the Cigarette Purchase Task to examine the relative reinforcing value of cigarettes among mothers with versus without opioid dependence.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe cigarette purchase task (CPT) is a method that can be used to assess the relative value of cigarettes. Based on cigarettes purchased across a price range, five derived metrics (Omax, Pmax, breakpoint, intensity, and elasticity) can assess cigarette demand. A study with adolescent smokers found that these could be reduced to two latent factors: persistence (price insensitivity) and amplitude (volumetric consumption). We sought to replicate this structure with adult smokers and examine how these variables relate to cessation efforts.
methodWeb-based survey conducted in 2014 among adult (18 years and above) current daily cigarette smokers (N = 1194). Participants completed the CPT, Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), reported past-year quit attempts, and future quit intentions. We included published scales assessing perceived prevalence of smoking, social reactivity, smoker identity, and risk perception.
resultsOur analysis supported two latent variables, persistence and amplitude, which correlated positively with FTND. Persistence was correlated with several psychosocial factors and was higher among those intending to quit very soon, but did not vary by number of past-year quit attempts. Amplitude differed across quit attempts and intention (p < 0.001) and, in multivariable models, was significantly associated with lower 30-day quit intention (OR = 0.76, p = 0.001).
conclusionsPersistence and amplitude factors characterized CPT data in adults, discriminated known groups (e.g., smokers by intentions to quit), and were positively associated with nicotine dependence. Factor scores also appear to relate to certain psychosocial factors, such as smoker identity and perceptions of risk. Future research should examine the predictive validity of these constructs.
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