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Keeping nicotine available
may increase crave intensity


Joel's carrying cigarettes article teaches that commencing recovery with the belief that we are stronger than our addiction or that we need cigarettes present to cope is self defeating and a recipe for relapse. New study evidence suggests that having cigarettes available may actually make cravings more intense. The study concluded that:
"Conclusion: The data suggest that, even under conditions of immediate cigarette availability, deprivation and cue presentations have independent, additive effects on self-reported craving levels in smokers."

"As has been found in previous studies, 24 hours of cigarette deprivation produced generalized increases in craving, and immediate cigarette availability boosted craving reactivity to smoking-related cues."

"Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that deprivation and smoking cue presentations have independent, additive effects on craving levels in smokers."



Study Title: The impact of cigarette deprivation and
cigarette availability on cue-reactivity in smokers

Journal: Addiction. November 17, 2009 Nov 17.

Bailey SR, Goedeker KC, Tiffany ST.

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Like dangling candy in front of a child, why intentionally intensify desire anxieties?
Still just one rule ... no nicotine today!

John (Gold x10)



Original post by Joel:

For Pammers. It covers the importance of destroying all personal stashes, even a newly found one.

Joel


Edited 1 time by JohnPolito Dec 12 09 11:52 AM.