Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when
exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated
exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction.
In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which
was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness
of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result,
we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical
devices.
Smokers who are exposed to cues associated with smoking show cardiovascular reactivity and an increase in smoking urges as compared to when they are presented with neutral cues. Cue exposure therapy (CET), which refers to the repeated exposure to drug-related cues in order to extinguish this learned association, has increasingly been proposed as a potential treatment of addictive behaviors, including tobacco smoking. The result of our pilot study suggests that a cue elicited using a virtual environment (VE) is more effective than other cue exposure devices. The VE contains smoking cues such as packs of cigarettes, ashtrays, and peer pressure.
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Thanks for your entry. Might you tell us a bit more about the CET research on which your work is based and how your work builds upon it?
I look forward to hearing your response.
Best,
Diane
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Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when
exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated
exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction.
In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which
was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness
of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result,
we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical
devices.
Smokers who are exposed to cues associated with smoking show cardiovascular reactivity and an increase in smoking urges as compared to when they are presented with neutral cues. Cue exposure therapy (CET), which refers to the repeated exposure to drug-related cues in order to extinguish this learned association, has increasingly been proposed as a potential treatment of addictive behaviors, including tobacco smoking. The result of our pilot study suggests that a cue elicited using a virtual environment (VE) is more effective than other cue exposure devices. The VE contains smoking cues such as packs of cigarettes, ashtrays, and peer pressure.
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