Title: Urgency, not Depression or Anxiety, Significantly Predicts Tobacco Addiction

A study by Swiss and Belgian researchers finds that urgency is a significant predictor of tobacco cravings, while depression and anxiety are not.

Impulsivity is thought by many to be at the core of tobacco addiction. The researchers analyzed which dimensions of impulsivity are related to cigarette craving, using undergraduate psychology students as subjects. They identified four distinct components associated with impulsivity: urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking. Urgency was found to be the most important of those when viewed as a predictor of tobacco dependence.


Source: Addictive Behaviors

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