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Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test.

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Vujanovic, AA; Marshall-Berenz, EC; Beckham, JC; Bernstein, A; Zvolensky, MJ
Published in: Nicotine Tob Res
November 2010

INTRODUCTION: The present investigation examined the main and interactive effects of posttraumatic stress symptom severity and 12-hr cigarette deprivation (cf. smoking as usual) in the prediction of anxious responding during a 4-min 10% carbon dioxide (CO₂)-enriched air laboratory challenge. It was hypothesized that 12-hr cigarette deprivation would exacerbate the effects of posttraumatic stress symptom severity with regard to anxious responding during the challenge. METHODS: Participants were 63 daily smokers (46.0% women; M(age) = 30.79, SD = 13.12, range = 18-60) who reported experiencing one or more traumatic events. The study consisted of two laboratory sessions. At the first session, participants were administered a structured diagnostic interview and completed self-reported measures. Eligible participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions for the second session: (a) 12-hr cigarette deprivation or (b) noncigarette deprivation (i.e., smoking as usual). At the second session, participants' smoking status was biochemically verified, and all eligible participants then were administered the 10% CO₂-enriched air laboratory challenge protocol. RESULTS: The main and interactive effects of posttraumatic stress symptom severity and the smoking-as-usual condition--not the hypothesized 12-hr cigarette deprivation condition--were significantly predictive of peri-challenge anxiety. The interactive effect of posttraumatic stress by smoking as usual was significant at Minutes 3 and 4 of the challenge specifically. CONCLUSIONS: The present investigation provided novel findings related to the roles of cigarette deprivation and smoking with regard to self-reported anxious responding, among trauma-exposed smokers, during a challenge paradigm.

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Nicotine Tob Res

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1469-994X

Publication Date

November 2010

Volume

12

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1080 / 1088

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Smoking
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Risk Assessment
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Vujanovic, A. A., Marshall-Berenz, E. C., Beckham, J. C., Bernstein, A., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2010). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test. Nicotine Tob Res, 12(11), 1080–1088. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq154
Vujanovic, Anka A., Erin C. Marshall-Berenz, Jean C. Beckham, Amit Bernstein, and Michael J. Zvolensky. “Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test.Nicotine Tob Res 12, no. 11 (November 2010): 1080–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq154.
Vujanovic AA, Marshall-Berenz EC, Beckham JC, Bernstein A, Zvolensky MJ. Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Nov;12(11):1080–8.
Vujanovic, Anka A., et al. “Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test.Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 12, no. 11, Nov. 2010, pp. 1080–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ntr/ntq154.
Vujanovic AA, Marshall-Berenz EC, Beckham JC, Bernstein A, Zvolensky MJ. Posttraumatic stress symptoms and cigarette deprivation in the prediction of anxious responding among trauma-exposed smokers: a laboratory test. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Nov;12(11):1080–1088.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nicotine Tob Res

DOI

EISSN

1469-994X

Publication Date

November 2010

Volume

12

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1080 / 1088

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Smoking
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Risk Assessment
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male