How do electronic cigarettes affect cravings to smoke or vape? Parsing the influences of nicotine and expectancies using the balanced-placebo design

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 486-491

  Palmer, Amanda M ^a,b   Brandon, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced placebo; E cigarette; Expectancies; Nicotine; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRAVING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VAPE SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRAVING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045834300     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000303     Document Type: Article

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