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Effects of nicotine deprivation on current pain intensity among daily cigarette smokers.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: = 1.75). As hypothesized, participants randomized to nicotine deprivation (vs. continued smoking) reported greater current pain intensity following the manipulation. Among smokers who reported no pain at baseline, those who abstained from smoking were nearly 3.5 times more likely to endorse pain at Session 2. These results suggest that daily tobacco smokers may experience greater pain during the first 12-24 hr of smoking abstinence. Future research should examine the role of pain in nicotine withdrawal, and whether tailored interventions may be needed to account for nicotine deprivation-induced amplification of pain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

DOI: 10.1037/pha0000218

Authors: Lisa R. LaRowe, Jesse D. Kosiba, Emily L. Zale, Joseph W. Ditre

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Awards: G1325977174, Effects of Smoking Abstinence on Pain Reactivity: A Human Experimental Model