caa a22 4500 465738249 CHVBK 20180323111801.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02244237 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02244237 Effect of glucose tablets on craving for cigarettes [Elektronische Daten] [Robert West, Peter Hajek, Sylvia Burrows] Clients attending a smokers clinic were randomly allocated to two groups to assess the effects of glucose tablets in reducing craving for cigarettes. Smokers who had already been abstinent for 1 week were eligible to take part in the study. All subjects completed ratings relating to urge to smoke and craving. Then subjects in one group were given packets of dextrose tablets and those in the other group were given packets of tablets containing sorbitol (a low calorie sweetener). Ratings of urges to smoke and craving were taken after 1 week, during which time the subjects had been asked to chew their tablets ad lib. Eight out of ten smokers in each group maintained abstinence. The remaining two smokers either did not abstain or did not turn up for the second measurement session. There was a significant reduction in ratings of urges to smoke and craving in the glucose group compared with the sorbitol group. These results support a theory postulating a link between glucoregulation and cigarette craving. If the results are replicated and it is shown that the reduction in craving translates into improved abstinence rates, oral glucose could be of assistance to smokers wishing to give up. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Smoking nationallicence Glucose nationallicence Craving nationallicence West Robert Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, TW20 OEX, Egham, UK aut Hajek Peter Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, SE5 8AF, London, UK aut Burrows Sylvia Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, TW20 OEX, Egham, UK aut Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 101/4(1990-08-01), 555-559 0033-3158 101:4<555 1990 101 213 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244237 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244237 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- West Robert Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, TW20 OEX, Egham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hajek Peter Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, SE5 8AF, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burrows Sylvia Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, TW20 OEX, Egham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 101/4(1990-08-01), 555-559 0033-3158 101:4<555 1990 101 213 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer