2024
Pulsed nicotine infusions as a model for smoking: validating a tool to explore nicotine thresholds in humans
Parida S, MacLean R, Gueorguieva R, Sofuoglu M. Pulsed nicotine infusions as a model for smoking: validating a tool to explore nicotine thresholds in humans. Psychopharmacology 2024, 241: 1915-1922. PMID: 38970644, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-024-06609-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiscriminative stimulus effectsAddiction thresholdNicotine doseDiscriminative stimulus effects of nicotineStimulus effects of nicotineNicotine deliveryEffects of nicotineOvernight abstinenceStimulus effectsNicotine infusionSubjective effectsTest sessionsNicotineMethodsEleven participantsInfusion procedureLow dosesParticipantsThreshold doseConclusionsTheseAbstinenceDoseHeart rateInfusionSmokingObjectivesToSmartband-based smoking detection and real-time brief mindfulness intervention: findings from a feasibility clinical trial
Horvath M, Pittman B, O’Malley S, Grutman A, Khan N, Gueorguieva R, Brewer J, Garrison K. Smartband-based smoking detection and real-time brief mindfulness intervention: findings from a feasibility clinical trial. Annals Of Medicine 2024, 56: 2352803. PMID: 38823419, PMCID: PMC11146247, DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2352803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrief mindfulness interventionsMindfulness exercisesTreatment startersMindfulness interventionSmoking interventionsOnline mindfulness trainingWhite non-HispanicMindfulness trainingTreatment fidelityFeasibility measuresHelpfulness ratingsNon-HispanicDaily smokersPredicting smokingReduce smokingExerciseSmokingCigarette smokingInterventionLow completenessAdherenceParticipantsSmartbandAcceptanceMindfulness
2023
Randomized Trial of Mindfulness- and Reappraisal-Based Regulation of Craving Training Among Daily Cigarette Smokers
Roos C, Harp N, Vafaie N, Gueorguieva R, Frankforter T, Carroll K, Kober H. Randomized Trial of Mindfulness- and Reappraisal-Based Regulation of Craving Training Among Daily Cigarette Smokers. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2023, 37: 829-840. PMID: 37535555, PMCID: PMC10834831, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCue-induced cravingDaily cigarette smokersGreater reductionSmoking-related imagesRandomized trialsCigarette smokersDaily smokersQuit ratesSmokingLarge effect sizesIntervention phaseIntervention controlCravingSmokersComputerized interventionSignificant increaseCBTEffect sizeEntire studyInterventionControlPostinterventionROCRegulationTrials