Experimental application of virtual reality for nicotine craving through cue exposure

Cyberpsychol Behav. 2003 Jun;6(3):275-80. doi: 10.1089/109493103322011560.

Abstract

Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction. In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result, we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cues*
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / psychology*
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / therapy*
  • User-Computer Interface*
  • Visual Perception*