title: Lack of inhibitory control predicts cigarette smoking dependence: evidence from a non-deprived sample of light to moderate smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between prepotent inhibition capacities and cigarette dependence in a sample of non-deprived light to moderate smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty volunteer smokers were screened with a laboratory go-stop paradigm, and self-reports of cigarette dependence (Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, FTND) and cigarette craving (revised Questionnaire on Smoking Urge, QSU-12).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlation and regression analyses showed that lower prepotent inhibition capacities predict higher levels of cigarette dependence when individual differences in processing speed, craving states, and age were controlled for. In addition, lower inhibition capacity is associated with a higher number of cigarettes smoked per day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A poor ability to inhibit prepotent responses seems to be one of the individual factors related to cigarette smoking dependence.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Joel.Billieux@unige.ch
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Billieux
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rochat
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khazaal
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zullino
authors.forename: Martial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van der Linden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011930:Reaction Time; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*