Background There is a common perception that smoking generally helps people to manage
stress, and may be a form of'self‐medication'in people with mental health conditions …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are characterized by a recurrent and maladaptive use of
drugs and/or alcohol. Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) comprise different types of …

Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis (ID: CRD42019122315) to
assess the evidence for the effectiveness of contingency management (CM) to promote …

Introduction Reward deficits negatively impact recovery from substance use disorder (SUD).
LETS ACT, a behavioral activation treatment targeting substance-free reward, has …

Objective: The purpose of this secondary analysis is to analyze whether both of the
processes of the reinforcer pathology model (delay discounting and demand) are predictors …

Introduction Smokers with substance use disorders (SUDs) show elevated tobacco
prevalence, and smoking abstinence rates are considerably low. This randomized controlled …

Introduction Contingency management (CM) is efficacious for smoking cessation. To date,
the number of cost-effectiveness evaluations of behavioral and pharmacological smoking …

Objective: Weight gain (WG) is one of the most widespread consequences of smoking
cessation, although there is a great variability of post-cessation weight changes among …

Cigarette smoking is highly prevalent in people with smoking-sensitive conditions and
mental health disorders. As early as the 1960s, evidence indicated the efficacy of …

Background Delay discounting (DD) has been identified as a trans-disorder process
underlying addictive behaviors, including smoking. Previous studies have evaluated how …