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Cigarette Smoking and Long‐Term Alcohol and Drug Treatment Outcomes: A Telephone Follow‐Up at Five Years
Author(s) -
Satre Derek D.,
Kohn Carolynn S.,
Weisner Constance
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490601077825
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , addiction , substance abuse , depression (economics) , drug , cigarette smoking , telephone interview , drug treatment , prospective cohort study , social science , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
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.