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Longtime smokers often experience a desire for cigarettes without deriving pleasure from smoking them.

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Is it true that Longtime smokers often experience a desire for cigarettes without deriving pleasure from smoking them?

Yes. Longtime smokers frequently experience a strong desire or craving for cigarettes (wanting) even when the actual hedonic pleasure derived from smoking diminishes (liking), a phenomenon well-explained by incentive-sensitization theory.

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The retrieved literature, specifically papers detailing the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of addiction and empirical studies on smoking dependence, consistently supports the premise that addiction decouples "wanting" from "liking." Smokers often experience compulsive desire without deriving genuine pleasure, and no papers in the set refute this premise.

Evidence for · 2
The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On.
2025
The Incentive-Sensitization Theory posits that addiction involves heightened "wanting" for drugs without a corresponding increase in hedonic "liking."
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TE, R. & KC, B. (2025). The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-011624-024031

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The imbalance of self-reported wanting and liking is associated with the degree of attentional bias toward smoking-related stimuli in low nicotine dependence smokers.
2024
Empirical findings demonstrate that higher levels of nicotine dependence are associated with a greater discrepancy between self-reported wanting and liking for smoking-related stimuli.
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D, F., B, P., P, K., L, K., ZA, G., Z, D., & I, C. (2024). The imbalance of self-reported wanting and liking is associated with the degree of attentional bias toward smoking-related stimuli in low nicotine dependence smokers.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1356434

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The retrieved literature, specifically papers detailing the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of addiction and empirical studies on smoking dependence, consistently supports the premise that addiction decouples "wanting" from "liking." Smokers often experience compulsive desire without deriving genuine pleasure, and no papers in the set refute this premise.

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