Puff Biofeedback to Reduce Smoking Reinforcement

The Short-Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT) will be used to assess smoking reinforcement in response to stress-precipitated smoking. The CPT is based on progressive-ratio operant schedules wherein participants self-report their hypothetical cigarette consumption at various levels of price. Hypothetical purchasing will be based on the "last cigarette smoked". Five key behavioral economic indices of demand can be obtained from the CPT. One index reported here is the Omax, which is the number of cigarettes the individual endorses that they would purchase at the peak expenditure for a cigarette (i.e., highest endorsed US dollar per cigarette cost; Pmax).

The Modified Cigarette Evaluation Questionnaire (mCEQ) will be used to assess subjective smoking reinforcement. The mCEQ is a self-report measure that assesses how respondents feel about the "last cigarette smoked" with three subscales. One subscale indexes liking, or cigarette satisfaction. Score on this subscale range from 1 to 7, with higher scores reflecting greater subjective smoking satisfaction. Scores on the mCEQ cigarette satisfaction subscale administered post stress-precipitated smoking, during Visit 2, will be compared between conditions.

The Short-Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT) will be used to assess smoking reinforcement in response to stress-precipitated smoking. The CPT is based on progressive-ratio operant schedules wherein participants self-report their hypothetical cigarette consumption at various levels of price. Hypothetical purchasing will be based on the "last cigarette smoked". Five key behavioral economic indices of demand can be obtained from the CPT. One index reported here is intensity, which is the number of cigarettes consumed at zero cost.

The Short-Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT) will be used to assess smoking reinforcement in response to stress-precipitated smoking. The CPT is based on progressive-ratio operant schedules wherein participants self-report their hypothetical cigarette consumption at various levels of price. Hypothetical purchasing will be based on the "last cigarette smoked". Five key behavioral economic indices of demand can be obtained from the CPT. One index reported here is the Pmax, which is the price at maximum expenditure for a cigarette.

The Short-Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT) will be used to assess smoking reinforcement in response to stress-precipitated smoking. The CPT is based on progressive-ratio operant schedules wherein participants self-report their hypothetical cigarette consumption at various levels of price. Hypothetical purchasing will be based on the "last cigarette smoked". Five key behavioral economic indices of demand can be obtained from the CPT. One index reported here is the breakpoint, which is the cost whereby consumption is suppressed to zero.

The Modified Cigarette Evaluation Questionnaire (mCEQ) will be used to assess subjective smoking reinforcement. The mCEQ is a self-report measure that assesses how respondents feel about the "last cigarette smoked" with three subscales. One subscale indexes wanting, or cigarette craving reduction. Score on this subscale range from 1 to 7, with higher scores reflecting greater subjective cigarette craving reduction. Scores on the mCEQ craving reduction subscale administered post stress-precipitated smoking, during Visit 2, will be compared between conditions.

The Modified Cigarette Evaluation Questionnaire (mCEQ) will be used to assess subjective smoking reinforcement. The mCEQ is a self-report measure that assesses how respondents feel about the "last cigarette smoked" with three subscales. One subscale indexes learning, or psychological reward. Score on this subscale range from 1 to 7, with higher scores reflecting greater subjective psychological reward. Scores on the mCEQ psychological reward subscale administered post stress-precipitated smoking, during Visit 2, will be compared between conditions.

Beat-to-beat electrocardiograph and continuous respiration data were acquired using Thought Technology during the adaptation period and stress-precipitated smoking period. The data were and cleaned and scored using Mindware. Using Mindware, the IBI series is transformed to a heart period time series and then a heart power spectrum that is tapered using a Hamming window and finally a Fast Fourier Transform. Respiration data are similarly transformed using a Fast Fourier Transform to obtain a respiration power spectrum, and can be used to confirm the validity of the heart power spectrum data. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is defined as variability in heart rate occurring in the high-frequency range, defined as 0.1 to 0.15 Hz corresponding with a respiratory rate between nine and 24 breaths per minute.

Puff topography indices will be objectively measured with the CReSS micro (Plowshare Technologies, Borgwaldt KC, Inc), a hand-held device that has a sterilized flow meter mouthpiece that is connected to a pressure transducer, which converts pressure into a digital signal that is sampled at 1,000Hz. Average Puff duration (sec) will be used to assess mechanism engagement from PTBT.