Development and Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial of a Distress Tolerance Treatment for Smokers With a History of Early Lapse
Nicotine & Tobacco ResearchPublished 24 July 2013Open access
Richard A. Brown, Kathleen M. Palm Reed, Erika Litvin Bloom, Haruka Minami, David R. Strong, Carl W. Lejuez
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Of those who lapsed to smoking during the first week postquit, DT participants had more than 4 times greater odds of abstinence than ST participants at the end of treatment, and the trajectory of negative mood and withdrawal symptoms in DT differed from ST and was largely consistent with hypotheses.
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Reasons for the decrease in abstinence in DT after treatment discontinuation and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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