Crushing Cigarettes In A Virtual Reality Environment Reduces Tobacco Addiction

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 23:28 in Mathematics & Economics

Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers participating in the same program who grasped a computer-simulated ball, according to a new study.

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