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Smoking withdrawal dynamics: I. Abstinence distress in lapsers and abstainers

Piasecki, Thomas M., Jorenby, Douglas E., Smith, Stevens S., Fiore, Michael C., Baker, Timothy B.·2003·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Abstract

Smoking withdrawal reports from a clinical trial (n = 893) were submitted to hierarchical linear modeling as a cross-method replication of a heterogeneity approach to withdrawal measurement and to clarify the influence of postcessation smoking on symptom reports. Five individual difference parameters tapping distinct facets of withdrawal were derived: intercepts (mean severity), linear slope (direction and rate of change), quadratic trend (curvature), volatility (scatter) and, among lapsers, a cigarette coefficent (smoking-related deflections of symptoms). All parameters were highly variable across persons. Lapsers had more aversive symptom patterns than abstainers, and symptoms tended to be higherthan otherwise predicted on lapse days. These results reinforce the conclusion that withdrawal symptoms are highly variable and argue against discarding withdrawal data from participants who lapse.

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  • Increased severity of nicotine withdrawal predicts increased relapse rates.

    “Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are highly variable between patients and can be quite severe, with increased severity of withdrawal being predictive of increased rates of relapse [25, 27, 128–130].”

    From Mechanistic insights into nicotine withdrawal (2011) · cites this paper as [130]

  • Among tobacco users, withdrawal symptoms, with the exception of weight, peak during the first week of abstinence and then gradually decrease to baseline levels by two to four weeks; more recent studies have found withdrawal to be persistent and elevated for several months after quitting.

    “Among tobacco users, withdrawal symptoms, with the exception of weight, peaks during the first week of abstinence and then gradually decreases to baseline levels by two to four weeks (38–40); although more recent studies have found withdrawal to be persistent and elevated for several months after quitting (41, 42).”

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Authors
Piasecki, T. M., Jorenby, D. E., Smith, S. S., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Missouri (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2003-02
Volume
112
Issue
1
Pages
3-13
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2044842258
Cited by
154
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 5
FWCI
4.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01da007580-04)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA07580-03)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA84724-02, P50CA084724)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
nicotine withdrawal, relapse, cigarette craving, individual differences, smoking cessation
MeSH terms
Smoking Prevention, Administration, Cutaneous, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Nicotine, Recurrence, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Smoking Cessation

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