Positive affect and mood management in successful smoking cessation.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the influence of positive affect and mood-management in the completion and success of an Internet-based smoking cessation intervention.


METHODS
Participants were recruited online (n = 1000) and randomized to 4 different interventions. Half of the participants received a mood-management tool.


RESULTS
Retention was predicted by positive affect at 3 and 12 months. There was a higher 12-month abstinence rate among those who were assigned to the mood-management intervention and had initial low positive affect.


CONCLUSIONS
The study supports the inclusion of mood-management tools in smoking cessation interventions and indicates that positive affect increases persistence to quit smoking.
Richard
R
Bränström
Carlos
C
Penilla
Eliseo J
EJ
Pérez-Stable
Ricardo F
RF
Muñoz
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome