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A novel stress-based intervention reduces cigarette use in non-treatment seeking smokers

Author(s): Alexandra Barnabe

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide. Since current smoking cessation aids show only modest efficacy, new interventions are needed. Given the evidence that stress is a potent trigger for smoking, the present randomized clinica...

Article GUID: 36175551
Title:A novel stress-based intervention reduces cigarette use in non-treatment seeking smokers
Authors:Alexandra Barnabe
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36175551/
DOI:10.1038/s41386-022-01455-6
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PMID:36175551
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1 Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2 Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
3 Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
4 Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. marco.leyton@mcgill.ca.
5 Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. marco.leyton@mcgill.ca.
6 Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. marco.leyton@mcgill.ca.
7 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. marco.leyton@mcgill.ca.

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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide. Since current smoking cessation aids show only modest efficacy, new interventions are needed. Given the evidence that stress is a potent trigger for smoking, the present randomized clinical trial tested whether stress could augment the effects of a memory updating (retrieval-extinction) intervention. Non-treatment seeking smokers (n = 76) were assigned to one of four conditions composed of either a stressful or non-stressful...