Table 2.
Pregame and postgame cravings of Phase 2 smokers.
| Craving scale | Pregame | Postgame | Change (∆) |
P value |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Smoking would make me less depressed | 3.36 | 1.93 | 2.7 | 1.51 | -0.66 | .03 |
| A cigarette would taste good now | 3.86 | 2.03 | 3.24 | 1.84 | -0.62 | .002 |
| All I want now is a cigarette | 2.86 | 1.81 | 2.56 | 1.56 | -0.30 | .28 |
| I would do almost anything for a cigarette now | 2.4 | 1.65 | 2.13 | 1.33 | -0.27 | .24 |
| I could control things better right now if I could smoke | 2.96 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.55 | -0.26 | .32 |
| I have an urge for a cigarette | 3.48 | 2.15 | 3.31 | 1.91 | -0.17 | .57 |
| If it were possible, I would probably smoke now | 3.8 | 1.98 | 3.73 | 1.85 | -0.07 | .77 |
| I have a desire for a cigarette now | 3.4 | 2.16 | 3.5 | 1.85 | 0.10 | .75 |
| Nothing will be better than smoking a cigarette now | 2.86 | 1.97 | 3 | 1.44 | 0.14 | .66 |
| I am going to smoke as soon as possible | 3.23 | 2.02 | 3.06 | 1.92 | 0.16 | .32 |
| Overall | 3.24 | 1.65 | 2.99 | 1.40 | -0.25 | .11 |