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. 2014 Aug 28;17(1):119–123. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu147

Table 1.

Craving and Smoking Parameters by Cue

CITS NITS CITS–NITS main effecta CITS–NITS × cue interaction
Neutral Smoking Alcohol Positive Negative Smoking prohibited Neutral Smoking Alcohol Positive Negative Smoking prohibited
M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% M (SD)/% p p
n 146 137 140 140 144 141 73 72 72 72 72 73
Craving
 Appetitive craving
  Pre-cue 19.64 (15.04) 17.88 (15.41) 18.10 (15.30) 20.19 (14.62) 19.13 (15.04) 16.63 (14.71) 15.05 (13.28) 15.60 (14.48) 14.85 (14.05) 13.42 (12.11) 14.14 (13.57) 14.93 (13.52) .003
  Post-cue 20.44 (15.31) 21.59 (16.93) 2.057 (16.07) 19.62 (15.09) 20.29 (16.02) 18.44 (15.95) 15.03 (13.38) 16.09 (14.58) 16.98 (14.91) 13.09 (13.17) 14.40 (14.66) 15.42 (14.12) .001 .38
 Distress relief craving
  Pre-cue 7.90 (9.39) 7.63 (9.44) 7.78 (9.72) 8.63 (9.44) 8.05 (9.97) 7.46 (9.40) 5.79 (7.09) 5.78 (7.60) 5.35 (6.84) 5.30 (6.43) 5.07 (6.59) 5.69 (6.54) .013
  Post-cue 8.66 (9.99) 10.18 (12.16) 10.01 (11.70) 8.33 (9.13) 9.96 (11.61) 8.94 (10.85) 6.09 (7.23) 6.13 (7.77) 6.13 (7.53) 5.39 (7.04) 6.16 (8.68) 6.24 (7.55) .003 .56
Smoking parameters
 % Who smoked 60.66 59.74 60.68 61.56 58.42 56.94 44.20 51.97 46.16 41.11 46.54 46.67 .048 .67
 % Who lit second cigaretteb 15.50 13.87 17.10 16.34 15.43 12.83 5.30 26.85 16.98 16.97 8.35 11.46 .59c .10c
 Median latency to smoke (s)b 41.50 33.00 43.00 52.00 43.00 43.00 48.00 39.00 43.00 47.00 37.00 37.00 .052 .09d
 Number of puffsb 14.24 (6.40) 14.24 (6.59) 14.71(6.53) 13.61 (6.53) 14.46 (6.24) 14.05 (5.94) 12.20 (5.76) 15.73 (12.20) 13.54 (8.20) 13.82 (11.57) 13.71 (8.73) 14.01 (10.30) .54 .009
 Total puff time (s)b 20.23 (12.56) 20.64 (13.17) 20.18 (9.91) 19.41 (10.22) 21.30 (10.72) 20.29 (11.54) 17.65 (11.74) 22.97 (15.01) 19.77 (14.11) 18.41 (14.19) 20.48 (15.20) 18.66 (11.43) .54 .10
 CO change post–pre cue (ppm)b 2.75 (2.41) 2.63 (2.36) 3.17 (2.21) 2.89 (2.37) 3.37 (2.10) 3.33 (2.39) 2.29 (2.56) 3.06 (2.68) 2.59 (2.59) 1.77 (3.36) 2.42 (3.01) 2.92 (2.27) .01 .11

All statistics were weighted by race. CITS = converted intermittent smoker; CO = carbon monoxide; DS = daily smoker; NITS = native intermittent smoker; ppm = parts per million.

aTest of mean differences, controlling for order, stimulus, and time since last cigarette.

bAmong those who smoked (CITS: n = 521 sessions, n = 121 participants; NITS: n = 204 sessions, n = 51 participants).

cAnalysis controlled for log latency to light the first cigarette, which affected the time available to light a second.

dAll interaction effects between history of DS and active stimuli compared to neutral condition were p > .35.