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Do smokers devaluate smoking cues after go/no-go training?

Hanneke Scholten¹, Isabela Granic¹, Zhang Chen¹

¹a Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.

Psychology & Health

|January 30, 2019

Summary

Go/No-Go training can reduce the appeal of smoking cues for both smokers and non-smokers. This devaluation effect suggests potential for smoking cessation interventions.

Keywords:

devaluation go/no-go training inhibition smoking behaviour trans-diagnostic mechanism

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Background:

Smoking remains a major global public health issue.
Difficulty quitting is linked to heightened value of smoking cues and impaired inhibitory control.
Go/No-Go training with substance cues can reduce cue value (devaluation).

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the devaluation effect of Go/No-Go training on smoking-related cues.
Compare this effect between individuals who smoke and those who do not.

Main Methods:

Participants (smokers and non-smokers) underwent Go/No-Go training.
Training involved responding to neutral stimuli and inhibiting responses to smoking stimuli.
Stimulus evaluations were measured before and after training.

Main Results:

Inhibition of responses to smoking cues during training decreased their subsequent evaluation.
This devaluation effect was observed for trained cues compared to untrained cues.
The devaluation effect was present in both smokers and non-smokers.

Conclusions:

Smoking-related cues can be devalued through Go/No-Go training in both smokers and non-smokers.
This finding highlights the potential utility of Go/No-Go training for smoking cessation interventions.