Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) regulate the rewarding actions of
nicotine contained in tobacco that establish and maintain the smoking habit. nAChRs also …

This article offers a reformulation of the negative reinforcement model of drug addiction and
proposes that the escape and avoidance of negative affect is the prepotent motive for …

This reprinted article originally appeared in American Psychologists, 2004, Vol 59 (4), 224-
235.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2004-14303-002.) …

This transdisciplinary review of the literature addresses the questions, Do stress and
negative affect (NA) promote smoking? and Does smoking genuinely relieve stress and NA …

Cognitive-behavioral approaches to alcohol and drug use disorders have received
considerable empirical support over the past 20 years. One cognitive-behavioral treatment …

This article updates a 1990 review of the effects of tobacco abstinence by reviewing (a)
which symptoms are valid indicators of tobacco abstinence and (b) the time course of …

Tobacco smoking results in more than five million deaths each year and accounts for∼ 90%
of all deaths from lung cancer. Nicotine, the major reinforcing component of tobacco smoke …

The present study tested the hypothesis that limited ability to tolerate physical and
psychological distress is associated with early relapse from smoking cessation. Specifically …

Craving is a central feature of addiction. Its recent inclusion as a diagnostic criterion for
substance use disorders in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental …

Abstract The Relapse Prevention (RP) model has been a mainstay of addictions theory and
treatment since its introduction three decades ago. This paper provides an overview and …