Development of a new craving index for anticipating quitting smoking in patients who undergo the Japanese smoking cessation therapy

Introduction The 10-item version of the Questionnaire of Smoking Urges (QSUbrief) has demonstrated excellent reliability. However, the QSU-brief may be too long to use in clinical settings. We developed a new craving index called the Tobacco Craving Index (TCI) and investigated how closely the TCI g...

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Main Authors: Chie Taniguchi, Hideo Tanaka, Sumie Nakamura, Sachiyo Saito, Hideo Saka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
Subjects:
tci
Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Development-of-a-new-craving-index-for-anticipating-quitting-smoking-in-patients,114164,0,2.html