Effects of Smoking Environment on Craving and Smoking

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of exposure to standard smoking environments on ability to resist smoking as measured with a Delay to Smoking Task. The results of this study will inform whether the Delay to Smoking Task is a sensitive measure for evaluating environment-provoked craving and smoking behavior.

Conditions

• Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

6 hour smoking abstinence

BEHAVIORAL

Delay to Smoking Task (smoking cues)

Participants will be presented with an unlit cigarette of their brand and an opportunity to initiate ad lib smoking at any time during the 60-minute task. During this period, participants will be allowed to read books or magazines, but will hear a tone alerting them to view cues (standard smoking environments) for the final minute of each 6-minute period. A monetary reinforcer will be provided for each 6-minute period that a participant resists smoking. Once participants stop the task they can choose to smoke as much or a little as they want for the next 30 minutes. Participants will be provided with a smoking tab. Each cigarette they light will cost them from their tab.

BEHAVIORAL

Delay to Smoking Task (nonsmoking cues)

Participants will be presented with an unlit cigarette of their brand and an opportunity to initiate ad lib smoking at any time during the 60-minute task. During this period, participants will be allowed to read books or magazines, but will hear a tone alerting them to view cues (standard nonsmoking environments) for the final minute of each 6-minute period. A monetary reinforcer will be provided for each 6-minute period that a participant resists smoking. Once participants stop the task they can choose to smoke as much or a little as they want for the next 30 minutes. Participants will be provided with a smoking tab. Each cigarette they light will cost them from their tab.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Joseph McClernon, PhD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-10-31

Primary Completion

2015-07-31

Completion

2015-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations