Attitude Manipulation in Restricted Environments: IV. Psychologically Addicted Smokers Treated in Sensory Deprivation *

Abstract

Summary Five psychologically addicted smokers with smoking rates of between 30–50 cigarettes per day, underwent a procedur consisting of 24 hours of sensory deprivation with periodic taped messages. Two of the subjects were given “booster” sessions two months later. All five subjects reported that their craving for cigarettes disappeared during and for some days after the treatment, and all showed significant reductions in smoking rate (75–100 per cent) for at least two weeks afterwards. Three subjects have quit smoking and have each gone at least one month without any cigarettes or craving for cigarettes.