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The Effects of Different Instructions on Smoking Cessation for Individuals with Different Degrees of Dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Karl-Olov Fagerström  and
Hans-Gunnar Storm
Karl-Olov Fagerström
Affiliation:
Smoking Cessation Clinic, Uppsala, Sweden
Hans-Gunnar Storm
Affiliation:
Smoking Cessation Clinic, Uppsala, Sweden
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Therapist instructions and patient expectations appear to yield good treatment results with placebo pills. In this study the smoking cessation rate was studied after administration of a placebo smoking withdrawal chewing gum. Two groups from two factories were recruited and given instructions that they were to receive an effective chewing gum for smoking cessation. One group was told that the gum contained nicotine while the other was told that it worked through its special taste. At follow-up periods of 1, 3 and 8 weeks those given the nicotine instructions were superior to those given the taste instructions, although not significantly so. When nicotine dependence was taken into consideration it was found that the more nicotine dependent half of the subjects responded significantly better to the nicotine instructions as compared to the low dependent subjects.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 310 - 315
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1981

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