Cannabidiol reverses attentional bias to cigarette cues in a human experimental model of tobacco withdrawal.

Chandni Hindocha Tom P FreemanMeryem GrabskiJack B StroudHolly CrudgingtonAlan C DaviesRavi K DasWilliam LawnCelia J A MorganH Valerie Curran

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2018)

A single 800-mg oral dose of cannabidiol reduced the salience and pleasantness of cigarette cues, compared with placebo, after overnight cigarette abstinence in dependent smokers. Cannabidiol did not influence tobacco craving or withdrawal or any subjectively rated side effects.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
endothelial cells
working memory
functional connectivity
double blind
study protocol
open label
placebo controlled