Current smoking cessation treatments seem to differ from one another in the proportion of ex‐
smokers who survive the first few days of the quit attempt. After this initial effect, parallel …

This paper presents personal reflections on the history, current status and the future of
research on smoking relapse. Relapse was traditionally viewed primarily as an outcome, to …

This report offers frameworks within which research investigations of smoking relapse might
be conceptualized. First. variables that have been Or should be investigated in relation to …

Introduction: Understanding factors that render some individuals more vulnerable to
smoking relapse during the early stages of a quit attempt is critical to tailoring treatment …

The present longitudinal study investigates baseline assessments of static and dynamic
variables, including demographic characteristics, smoking severity, and Transtheoretical …

Relapse is by far the most likely outcome of any smoking cessation attempt, even those
made with the benefit intensive psychosocial treatment and pharmacotherapy. The present …

Smoking cessation treatments now regularly produce cigarette abstinence in 90 to 100
percent of clients (eg, Erickson et al. 1983; Hall et al. 1984; Tiffany et al. 1985). Despite …

Aim To explore predictors of smoking relapse and how predictors vary according to duration
of abstinence. Design, setting and participants A longitudinal survey of 1296 ex‐smokers …

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 …

This paper reviews nicotine addiction, and discusses the difficulty of withdrawing and
remaining abstinent from tobacco. Lapse and relapse are coming to be understood as part …