Open AccessPossible New Symptoms of Tobacco Withdrawal III: Reduced Positive Affect—A Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Elias M. Klemperer,
John R. Hughes,
Catherine Peasley-Miklus,
Peter W. Callas,
Jessica W. Cook,
Joanna M. Streck,
Nicolas E Morley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntaa044
Subject(s) - abstinence , smoking cessation , psycinfo , affect (linguistics) , medicine , meta analysis , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medline , communication , pathology , political science , law
Most descriptions of tobacco withdrawal have not changed in >30 years despite new research. This meta-analysis tested whether abstinence leads to decreased positive affect (PA) because abstinence-induced symptom changes are a core feature of the tobacco withdrawal syndrome. In addition, we examined whether reduced PA was due to withdrawal (ie, temporary decrease in a "U-shaped" curve) or offset (ie, return to baseline) effect.