Addiction Mindsets and Psychological Processes of Quitting Smoking

8. Quitting Smoking and Beating Nicotine Addiction

Perceived stress, quitting smoking, and smoking relapse.

Assessed perceptions of stress prior to quitting and at 1, 3, and 6 months following quit date. Self-reported smoking status was augmented by a bogus pipeline procedure at each interview, and abstinence at 6 months was verified by carbon monoxide and saliva cotinine. The analyses provide strong evidence for a relation between changes in stress levels and changes in smoking status. Those who fai...

Quitting smoking: the benefits

Changes after quitting cigarette smoking.

Changes in cardiorespiratory symptoms and coronary disease risk indicators over an average 1 1/2-year period were assessed in 9392 persistent cigarette smokers and 3825 persons who quit smoking between two multiphasic checkups. The prevalence of questionnaire-reported chronic cough fell markedly in subjects who quit a one-or-more-pack/day habit (e.g., from 11.2% to 1.8% in white men, p less tha...

Reversal of risk upon quitting smoking.