title: Efficacy of virtual reality in triggering the craving to smoke: its relation to level of presence and nicotine dependence.
abstract: Virtual Reality environments that reproduce typical contexts associated with tobacco use may be useful for aiding smoking cessation. The main objective of this study was to assess the capacity of eight environments to produce the craving to smoke and determine the relation of craving to nicotine dependence and level of presence. The results show that all the environments were able to generate the desire to smoke; a direct relation was found between sense of presence and craving.
authors.affiliation: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer-García
authors.forename: Olaya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: García-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Maldonado
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pericot-Valverde
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Secades-Villa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult