Cigarette smoking continues to adversely affect the health of individuals with schizophrenia.
Both smoking and heavy nicotine dependence, given the complex biological findings, might …

Human epidemiological studies have identified links between nicotine intake and stress
disorders, including anxiety, depression and PTSD. Here we review the clinical evidence for …

This review was conducted with the following goals: To quantify the severity of mood and
anxiety symptoms emerging during acute abstinence from tobacco (1). To explore sex …

Objective: Affective features of depression are uniquely involved in the depression–smoking
relationship, and it follows that smokers with depression are likely to use cigarettes to …

Prior findings indicate that trait anhedonia enhances the likelihood of becoming a tobacco
smoker, and preliminary evidence suggests that smoking abstinence leads to anhedonic …

Introduction Most descriptions of tobacco withdrawal have not changed in> 30 years despite
new research. This meta-analysis tested whether abstinence leads to decreased positive …

This paper reports on topics discussed at a Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
pre-conference workshop at the 2019 annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco …

Background: Individuals with depression symptoms have a harder time quitting smoking.
High negative affect and low positive affect are core depression symptoms and arise …

Nicotine can act as a primary positive reinforcer, and as negative reinforcer to relieve
withdrawal; we tested whether it can also enhance the reinforcing efficacy of non-drug …

Background High negative affect and low positive affect are key depression-related states
that may be greater following acute tobacco abstinence. This study aimed to test …