Article
Why some people smoke and others do not: new perspectives.
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology - 1 Oct 1993
Pomerleau O F, Collins A C, Shiffman S, Pomerleau C S
Abstract excerpt
Because initial reinforcement consequences set the stage for subsequent nicotine use, elucidation of the contribution of environmental and inherited factors is crucial to an understanding of nicotine dependence as well as of individual differences in susceptibility to cigarette smoking. A review of some recent animal research and laboratory studies of smokers and never-smokers suggests that vulnerability to...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Drug Tolerance
- Humans
- Motivation
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Nicotinic
- Smoking
- Smoking Cessation
- Social Environment