Comparison of delay discounting of different outcomes in cigarette smokers, smokeless tobacco users, e-cigarette users, and non-tobacco users.

Abstract in brief

• This study compares how different groups—cigarette smokers, smokeless tobacco users, e-cigarette users, and non-tobacco users—value delayed rewards or outcomes, showing that non-tobacco users tend to discount future benefits less than tobacco users.
• All participants completed tasks measuring their preference for immediate versus delayed gains and losses across various outcomes, finding that tobacco users generally show more impulsivity or a tendency to prefer immediate rewards.
• The results indicate that any form of nicotine use is linked to increased impulsivity, and switching to less harmful tobacco products like e-cigarettes does not seem to reduce this impulsivity compared to traditional cigarette use.]