Behavioral Control of Smoking with Combined Procedures

Abstract

54 smokers were treated under one of three conditions. The longer the subject had been smoking prior to treatment and higher daily smoking rates at the time of therapy were the best predictors of whether the subject was able to quit smoking. Subjects were treated with several self-control procedures over varying number of daily sessions. It was concluded that an immediate punishment technique was not effective and that 5, 7, or 9 days of therapy were not of sufficient duration for a high rate of success to be attained.