Nicotine Fading and Smokeholding Methods to Smoking Cessation 1,2

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ID13675355
AuthorsElisardo Becoña (0000-0002-6639-3834, University of Santiago de Compos tela, corresponding author), María Pilar Alfageme García (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), M PILAR GARCIA (University of Santiago de Compos tela)
Year1993
Volume73
Issue3_part_1
Pages779-786
Publication date1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00332941930733pt109
OpenAlexW4243384378
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

We tested a multicomponent behavioural package to stop smoking that contained nicotine fading and smokeholding techniques. 73 smokers were randomly assigned to one of five treatment programmes: (1) nicotine fading and cigarette fading, (2) nicotine fading and concurrent smokeholding, (3) nicotine fading and subsequent smokeholding, (4) a nonintensive smokeholding programme, and (5) an intensive smokeholding programme (daily sessions). Common components of the programmes were self-monitoring, information on smoking, stimulus control, CO feedback, and strategies to avoid withdrawal symptoms. Each treatment was carried out during a total of 10 sessions over 4 weeks (Treatments 1–4) or 2 weeks (Treatment 5). End-of-treatment quit rates ranged from 85% to 91%. At 12-mo. follow-up, the most effective package proved to have been nicotine fading and cigarette fading, with an abstinence rate of 57% as against 25 to 37% for the other treatments

Abstinence · Fading · Nicotine · Nicotine dependence · Nicotine replacement therapy · Psychiatry · Smoking cessation · Statistics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Mathematics · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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