Does exposure to habitual smoking contexts before smoking cessation reduce relapse? Results from a pilot study

Behaviour Change

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Van Gucht, Dinska ^a   Beckers, Tom ^b   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a   Vansteenwegen, Debora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Context exposure; Craving; Renewal; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; RELAPSE; SMOKING CESSATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77956840287     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.27.1.19     Document Type: Article

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