Open AccessVery Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Disrupt the Feedback Loop of Affective States and Smoking Behavior
Author(s) -
Jason D. Robinson,
George Kypriotakis,
Mustafa Al’Absi,
Rachel L. Denlinger-Apte,
David J. Drobes,
Scott J. Leischow,
F. Joseph McCler,
Lauren R. Pacek,
Herbert H. Severson,
Tracy T. Smith,
Eric C. Donny,
Xianghua Luo,
Joni Jensen,
Lori G. Strayer,
Paul M. Cinciripini,
Dorothy K. Hatsukami
Publication year - 2019
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/ntz209
Subject(s) - nicotine , affect (linguistics) , tobacco control , smoking cessation , medicine , cigarette smoking , psychology , communication , public health , pathology
Smoking to reduce negative affect has been identified as a key motivational feature of tobacco use. Our recent work suggests that smoking very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarettes reduces the relationship between negative affect and smoking behavior over a 6-week period. Here, we sought to extend our findings by evaluating whether a gradual or immediate approach to switching to VLNC cigarettes led to a differential reduction in the relationship between affect and smoking behavior over a longer (20-week) period.