Table 1.

Frequency and Proportion of Coping Strategies and Noncoping Responses used during Non-Cannabis Use Episodes

	Total		During Elevated Cannabis Craving
	N	% of times coping strategies used	N	% of times coping strategies used
Behavioral Strategies
Keeping busy	857	49.6	123	48.2
Eating or drinking	127	7.3	13	5.1
Deep breathing	33	1.9	5	2.0
Oral nonfood	30	1.7	2	0.8
Avoid/leave situation	103	6.0	18	7.1
Movement/exercise	135	7.8	28	11.0
Any behavioral strategy	944	54.6	140	54.9
Cognitive Strategies
Prohibit self from using	321	18.6	46	18.0
Encouraging/calming self-talk	62	3.6	21	8.2
Thinking about negatives of using	122	7.1	11	4.3
Thinking about positives of quitting	116	6.7	6	2.4
Focusing thoughts away from using	159	9.2	26	10.2
Optimism about success in quitting	82	4.7	11	4.3
Total number of cognitive strategies	469	27.1	57	22.4
Any coping strategy	1,097	63.5	152	59.6
Noncoping Responses
Wait it out	248	14.4	81	31.8
No coping	445	25.8	68	26.7
Any noncoping responses	601	34.8	91	35.7

Note. Elevated craving was operationalized as craving ratings >4 (i.e., at least moderate).