| Abstract: | A detailed procedure for making placebo cigarette butts or “bogus butts” which can be used in the observation and treatment of pica for cigarettes is described. These placebo cigarette butts have been used successfully with several individuals in a residential treatment setting. The use of these bogus butts allows the clinician/researcher to use a stimulus object which can be safely ingested, thus permitting a functional analysis of the target behavior as well as assessment of potential treatment approaches without the possible interference and confound of a prevention procedure such as physically removing the pica material before it is consumed, limiting the length of baseline, or intervening during the baseline. |
