BACKGROUND: Contextual variables often predict long-term abstinence, but little is known
about how these variables exert their effects. These variables could influence abstinence by …

Withdrawal is an essential component of classical addiction theory; it is a vital manifestation
of dependence and motivates relapse. However, the traditional conceptualization of …

We report the results of a randomized trial comparing a novel smoking cessation treatment
Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS) to a usual care therapy (Controls), which included …

Relapse serves as an early warning sign of a failure to maintain desired behavioral change.
Although rates of and time to relapse appear to be similar for treated adolescents and adults …

Many addicted individuals report that they crave and use drugs to escape various forms of
distress (eg, Holahan, Moos, Hyolahan, Cronkite, & Randall, 2001); however, the hypothesis …

Aims To identify promising intervention components that help smokers attain and maintain
abstinence during a quit attempt. Design A 2× 2× 2× 2× 2 randomized factorial experiment …

Women are more likely than men to relapse after initiating abstinence from cigarette
smoking. The reasons for this phenomenon are unclear but may relate to negative mood …

Identifying addicts with higher risk of relapse would provide the opportunity to implement
individualized interventions and increase cessation success rates. Unfortunately, the ability …

Abstract Aims Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) captures real‐time reports in
subjects' natural environments. This experiment manipulated EMA frequency to estimate …

Aims To estimate predictors of time to smoking relapse and test if prediction varied by quit
duration. Design Longitudinal cohort data from the International Tobacco Control Four …