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Cigarette Smoking Among Opioid‐Dependent Clients in a Therapeutic Community
Author(s) -
Chun JongSerl,
Haug Nancy A.,
Guydish Joseph R.,
Sorensen James L.,
Delucchi Kevin
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1080/10550490902925490
Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine , addiction , nicotine addiction , cigarette smoking , drug , therapeutic community , opioid , psychiatry , nicotine dependence , smoking cessation , clinical psychology , receptor , pathology
This study examines smoking behavior in a sample of 231 opioid‐dependent clients entering therapeutic community treatment, and investigates the relationship between smoking behavior and drug treatment outcomes. We applied regression analyses for selected Addiction Severity Index composites (alcohol, drug, medical, psychiatric), including factors for smoking (number of cigarettes per day, expired‐air carbon monoxide level, nicotine dependence), time (baseline, 6 and 12‐month), and smoking‐by‐time interaction. This study confirmed a high smoking prevalence (95%) among opioid users. Among participants interviewed at all time points (n = 206), 13% shifted from smoking to non‐smoking status at some time after admission. Participants who reported a greater number of cigarettes were more likely to report higher drug severity at any time point.