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Aversive smoking for smoking cessation.

P Hajek1, L F Stead

  • 1Department of Human Science and Medical Ethics, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London, UK, E1 2AD. p.hajek@mds.qmw.ac.uk

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|May 5, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Aversion therapy, including rapid smoking, shows some promise for smoking cessation but lacks sufficient evidence for definitive efficacy. More rigorous studies are needed to confirm its effectiveness and explore dose-response relationships in quitting smoking.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral psychology
  • Addiction research
  • Clinical intervention studies

Background:

  • Aversion therapy aims to extinguish smoking urges by pairing cigarette use with unpleasant stimuli.
  • This approach is explored as a method to help individuals stop smoking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of rapid smoking and other aversion techniques for smoking cessation.
  • To investigate if varying levels of aversive stimulation impact smoking cessation rates.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review of randomized trials evaluating aversive smoking techniques was conducted.
  • Studies compared aversion treatments against inactive controls or different intensities of aversion, with a minimum 6-month follow-up.

Main Results:

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  • Rapid smoking showed a potential benefit (OR 2.08), but this finding is cautioned by study limitations and asymmetry in results.
  • Other aversion methods were not demonstrably effective (OR 1.19), and a dose-response effect was borderline (OR 1.66).

Conclusions:

  • Current evidence is insufficient to confirm the efficacy of rapid smoking or a clear dose-response relationship.
  • Milder aversion methods lack specific efficacy, while rapid smoking requires further investigation with rigorous methodology.