Satiation and Sensory Deprivation Combined in Smoking Therapy: Some Case Studies and Unexpected Side-Effects

Abstract

Promising techniques for smoking reduction, sensory deprivation and stimulus satiation were applied in combination to 5 human smokers. All were successful initially in achieving abstinence and 4 ultimately maintained abstinence. Quitting per se and both satiation and sensory deprivation may be stressful and as a result may potentially produce negative side-effects. The observation of positive side-effects in these cases balances this possibility to some extent.