Smoking withdrawal dynamics: II. Improved tests of withdrawal-relapse relations

• Published in: Journal of abnormal psychology (1965) Vol. 112; no. 1; p. 14
• Main Authors: Piasecki, Thomas M, Jorenby, Douglas E, Smith, Stevens S, Fiore, Michael C, Baker, Timothy B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2003
• Subjects: Adult; Bupropion - therapeutic use; Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Double-Blind Method; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Nicotine - adverse effects; Recurrence; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking - drug therapy; Smoking Cessation - methods; Smoking Prevention; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - diagnosis; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - etiology; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - prevention & control

In this article, the authors assessed whether continuously scaled symptom parameters derived from growth models (T. M. Piasecki et al., 2003) are linked to smoking at long-term follow-up by using data from a large-scale clinical trial (N = 893). Results revealed that higher withdrawal intercepts, po...