Other techniques developed were not as widely received as those mentioned above. They include administering an external shock to smokers in order to negatively associate smoking with pain. Years ago, electric shocks were used (Conway 1977) and subjects were even asked to self inflict pain by snapping on a rubber band around their wrists.

Of all the aversion techniques, rapid smoking has been the only one shown to be effective in over 12 research studies. It leads to significantly lower urges to smoke in the immeidate 24 hours and this effect lasts up to 1 week. However at 4 weeks, there was only a very minor decrease in smoking urge compared to self paced smoking or the cold turkey no smoking technique.