Pain severity as a predictor of negative affect following a self-guided quit attempt: An ecological momentary assessment study

Past work has documented bidirectional associations between pain and cigarette smoking behaviors such that those who smoke evidence greater pain, and those in pain tend to smoke more. However, such work has not focused on the role of pain in relation to negative affect, which plays an important role during cessation attempts.The current study evaluated pain as a predictor of negative affect as well as level of interference associated with...