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Cigarette Smoking and Long‐Term Alcohol and Drug Treatment Outcomes: A Telephone Follow‐Up at Five Years

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This prospective study examined the relationship between cigarette smoking and five-year substance abuse treatment outcomes. Of 749 individuals who began private outpatient treatment, 598 (80%) were re-interviewed by telephone at five years. At five-year follow-up, 53% reported smoking cigarettes in the prior 30 days. Smokers were less likely to be abstinent from alcohol and drugs in the prior 30 days (48.3% vs. 64.0%), and had higher Addiction Severity Index (ASI) scores in employment, alcohol, drug, psychiatric, and family/social problems; worse self-reported health; and greater self-reported depression. Findings inform understanding of long-term substance abuse treatment outcomes and potential service needs of smokers.

Source: American Journal on Addictions

DOI: 10.1080/10550490601077825

Authors: Derek D. Satre, Carolynn S. Kohn, Constance Weisner

Institutions: Kaiser Permanente, University of California, San Francisco, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, University of the Pacific

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse