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A novel environment was used to examine whether arbitrary environmental stimuli could come to elicit conditioned compensatory responses from cigarette smokers. It was hypothesised that: 1) Craving for cigarettes would be linked to environmental stimuli, and 2) these stimuli would elicit physiological and cognitive conditioned compensatory responses. Fourteen participants aged between 19 and 51 were exposed to 10 conditioning sessions in a novel environment followed by 2 experimental sessions in the same environment. Half of the participants smoked during the conditioning sessions while the other half mock smoked. During the two experimental sessions, the participants smoked in one session and mock smoked in the other. The participants' heart rate, cognitive and craving responses were recorded.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	smoking cessation
Research Division:	Medical and Health Sciences
Research Group:	Public Health and Health Services
Research Field:	Preventive Medicine
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Objective Field:	Substance Abuse
UTAS Author:	Ferguson, SG (Associate Professor Stuart Ferguson)
ID Code:	57266
Year Published:	2001
Deposited By:	Pharmacy
Deposited On:	2009-07-01
Last Modified:	2011-11-23
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