Development of a Measure of the Latency to Needing a Cigarette

Craving, Cue Reactivity, and Stimulus Control Among Early-Stage Young Smokers: Effects of Smoking Intensity and Gender

“…Error bars represent SE. Griesler, & Schaffran, 2007;Ursprung, Morello, Gershenson, & DiFranza, 2011).…”

Smoking Cessation in Adolescents: targeted approaches that work

“…Adolescent smokers experience the same withdrawal syndrome as do adult smokers [68]. At the onset of physical dependence, the latency to the onset of withdrawal symptoms can be very long (weeks) [58,69,70]. In other words, smoking a single cigarette can a An ex-smoker is a person who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes (manufactured and or roll your own) or the equivalent of tobacco in their life, and reports no longer smoking b A person who have never smoked more than 100 cigarettes (manufactured and or roll your own) or the equivalent amount of tobacco in their life is defined as never smoked * Estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution.…”

Does progression through the stages of physical addiction indicate increasing overall addiction to tobacco?

“…The sensitization-homeostasis model indicates that latencies may be several weeks in duration in novice smokers . Using a validated measure of latency we have demonstrated that latencies shorten over time (DiFranza and Ursprung 2008;Fernando et al 2006;Morello et al 2011;Ursprung et al 2010). Therefore, more advanced stages of physical addiction might be associated with shorter latencies.…”