When to begin smoking cessation in substance abusers

During the past several years, there has been an increasing recognition and acceptance that the use of tobacco products often produces nicotine dependence and nicotine addiction. Despite this, the substance abuse treatment community has been slow to promote smoking cessation for patients who are in...

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Published inJournal of substance abuse treatment Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 189 - 195
Main Authors Sees, Karen Lea, Westley Clark, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.1993
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
chemically dependent patients
Cocaine
Combined Modality Therapy
Comorbidity
Drug addiction
Heroin Dependence - psychology
Heroin Dependence - rehabilitation
Humans
Medical sciences
motivation for cessation
Nicotine
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotropic Drugs
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - methods
Street Drugs
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
smoking cessation
chemically dependent patients
motivation for cessation
Human
Drug addiction
Concomitant disease
Poison withdrawal
Alcoholism
Treatment efficiency
Tobacco smoking
Community treatment
Therapeutic schedule
Public health
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Summary:During the past several years, there has been an increasing recognition and acceptance that the use of tobacco products often produces nicotine dependence and nicotine addiction. Despite this, the substance abuse treatment community has been slow to promote smoking cessation for patients who are in substance abuse treatment for another addiction. Dogma, although starting to change, persists that cigarette smoking pales in comparison to other addictions and should not be addressed at the time of initial treatment for another addiction. The limited research to date, which will be reviewed in this article, does not support this dogma. In addition, patients presenting for substance abuse treatment report high interest in stopping smoking, including interest in stopping when they initially present for substance abuse treatment.
ISSN:0740-5472
1873-6483
DOI:10.1016/0740-5472(93)90044-3