Background This study investigated the factor structure of a measure of pain-smoking
interrelations and expectancies (pain and smoking inventory (PSI)) and examined …

Background Chronic pain and tobacco smoking are both highly prevalent and comorbid
conditions, and chronic pain may pose a barrier to smoking cessation. Purpose The …

Abstract Introduction The Pain and Smoking Inventory (PSI) measures patients' perceived
interrelations of their pain and smoking behavior, and it comprises three conceptually …

Mounting evidence indicates that pain can motivate cigarette smoking behavior, smokers
have reliably endorsed the use of tobacco to cope with pain, and there is reason to suspect …

Empirical evidence supporting the interplay between pain intensity and tobacco smoking
has been growing. The current investigation advances this work in three important ways:(1) …

Introduction: Pain and tobacco smoking are both highly prevalent and comorbid conditions,
and there is reason to believe that pain may pose a barrier to smoking cessation. Although …

Objectives: Initial evidence suggests that pain may motivate smoking, impede quitting,
precipitate relapse, and play an important role in the maintenance of tobacco addiction …

Background Cigarette smokers are more likely to experience pain than nonsmokers, and
experimental research indicates that pain is a potent motivator of smoking. Urge to smoke is …

Introduction Smoking and pain are highly prevalent among individuals with mobility
impairments (MIs; use assistive devices to ambulate). The role of pain-related smoking …

There is increasing recognition that complex and potentially bidirectional relations between
pain and smoking may be relevant to the maintenance of tobacco addiction. Pain-related …