Alcohol consumption, smoking urge, and the reinforcing effects of cigarettes: an ecological study.

Full Abstract

Smokers (N=74) who volunteered for a smoking cessation study monitored their daily experiences for up to 6 weeks prior to the quit date. Self-reports from 7,707 diary records were used to examine the associations among alcohol consumption (present in 607 diary records), situational factors, smoking, urge to smoke, and subjective consequences of smoking. Alcohol use, smoking urge, and the subjective effects of smoking were context dependent. Momentary reports of smoking and alcohol consumption were associated with one another. Alcohol use predicted smoking even when contextual factors were covaried. Alcohol use was associated with more frequent reports of urge to smoke. Alcohol was also associated with more frequent reports that the last cigarette produced a rush/buzz, was good tasting, and reduced the urge. However, effects for rush/buzz and urge reduction were qualified by interactions between alcohol use and the latency since smoking. Rush/buzz tended to be associated with alcohol use, regardless of smoking recency. Alcohol was associated with urge reduction only when the cigarette being appraised was smoked more than 15 minutes prior to the diary entry.2008 APA

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Author information

Author/s: Piasecki, Thomas M (TM); McCarthy, Danielle E (DE); Fiore, Michael C (MC); Baker, Timothy B (TB);

Affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-0001, USA. piaseckit(-atsign-)missouri.edu

Grants: P50AA011998 (Agency:United States NIAAA) ; P50CA084724 (Agency:United States NCI) ; P50DA019706 (Agency:United States NIDA)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors (Psychol Addict Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jun; vol 22 (issue 2) : pp 230-9

Dates: Created 2008/06/10; Completed 2008/08/11;

PMID: 18540720, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; psychology
Computers, Handheld
Female
Humans
Male

Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Motivation
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Smoking - epidemiology; psychology
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Social Environment

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