Document Type
Article
Abstract
Alcohol dependent smokers (N = 118) enrolled in an intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program were randomized to a concurrent brief or intensive smoking cessation intervention. Brief treatment consisted of a 15-minute counseling session with 5 min follow-up. Intensive intervention consisted of three one-hour counseling sessions plus eight weeks of nicotine patch therapy. The cigarette abstinence rate, verified by breath CO, was significantly higher for intensive (27.5%) versus brief (6.6%) treatment at one month post quit date but not at six months when abstinence rates fell to 9.1% and 2.1%. Smoking treatment assignment did not significantly impact alcohol outcomes. Although intensive smoking treatment was associated with higher rates of short term tobacco abstinence, other, perhaps more intensive smoking interventions are needed to produce lasting smoking cessation in alcohol dependent smokers.
Recommended Citation
Litt, Mark D.; Cooney, Judith L.; and Oncken, Cheryl A., "Concurrent Brief versus Intensive Smoking Intervention during Alcohol Dependence Treatment" (2007). UCHC Articles - Research. 53.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/uchcres_articles/53
Comments
Psychol Addict Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 June 26. Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2007 December; 21(4): 570–575. doi: 10.1037/0893-164X.21.4.570 PMCID: PMC2702144 NIHMSID: NIHMS120554