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Smoking Cue Reactivity in Adult Smokers with and without Depression: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Weinberger Andrea H.,
McKee Sherry A.,
George Tony P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00203.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , major depressive disorder , psychology , clinical psychology , reactivity (psychology) , association (psychology) , history of depression , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , nicotine , smoke , cue reactivity , craving , medicine , addiction , cognition , mood , psychotherapist , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , meteorology , economics , macroeconomics
Little is known about the relationship between Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and smoking‐related behaviors such as cue‐induced urges to smoke. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine: (1) differences in smoking cue reactivity by MDD history and (2) the association of a diagnosis of MDD, current depressive symptoms, and smoking variables to cue‐induced urges to smoke. Participants (N = 52) were n = 31 smokers with no MDD history and n = 21 smokers with past MDD. Participants completed a 2‐hour laboratory session during which they were exposed to neutral (eg, pencils) and smoking cues (eg, cigarettes) after smoking one of their preferred brand cigarettes (Satiated Condition) and when it had been 1 hour since they smoked (Brief Deprivation Condition). Cue‐induced urges increased with exposure to smoking cues and this increase did not significantly differ by diagnosis group. Current symptoms of depression, but not a diagnosis of MDD, were significantly and positively related to cue‐induced cravings in satiated adult smokers. The association between depression symptoms and smoking urges was not significant in the Brief Deprivation Condition. Smoking cue reactivity may be a useful procedure for studying aspects of smoking behavior in adults with depression. (Am J Addict 2012;21:136–144)