Papers of the Week

The Pain and Smoking Inventory (PSI) measures patients' perceived interrelations of their pain and smoking behavior, and comprises three conceptually-distinct domains: smoking to cope with pain (PSI-Cope), pain as a motivator of smoking (PSI-Motivate), and pain as a barrier to cessation (PSI-Barrier). Associations between PSI scores and pain interference and self-efficacy to quit smoking, two measures that can affect cessation outcomes, remain unclear.