Dan Steeves

TL;DR: Better understanding the role of anxiety sensitivity, along with other affective vulnerability processes, in early problems encountered during a quit attempt is discussed in terms of better understanding the roles of gender, nicotine dependence, and nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that there are a number of reasons for the current situation including public perceptions about alcohol’s health benefits, the high prevalence of drinkers in many countries, normalization of drinking and integration of its use into many situations, cosy relationships between governments and alcohol industries and aggressive marketing of alcohol products.

TL;DR: Results suggest that among high AS persons, state anxiety may be more relevant, compared to those low in AS, in regard to experiencing withdrawal symptoms as more intense during the early phases of quitting.

TL;DR: Among high anxiety-sensitivity persons, compared with those low in anxiety sensitivity, anhedonic depression symptoms may be more relevant to the experience of some withdrawal symptoms being more intense and persistent during the early phases of quitting.

TL;DR: A sample of 119 smokers attending a tobacco intervention program completed the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), and at the level of AS components, AS psychological concerns were related to both negative and positive reinforcement motives, while AS physical concerns were more strongly related to negative reinforcement motives.