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‘Do more, smoke less!’ Harm reduction in action for smokers with mental health/substance use problems who cannot or will not quit
Author(s) -
BAKER AMANDA L.,
CALLISTER ROBIN,
KELLY PETER J.,
KYPRI KYPROS
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00461.x
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , harm reduction , mental health , nicotine , tobacco harm reduction , harm , psychological intervention , substance use , psychiatry , environmental health , smoke , medicine , psychology , tobacco use , public health , social psychology , population , nursing , physics , meteorology
Although smoking rates among mental health/substance abusing populations are very high, the focus of treatment and research has tended to be on substances other than tobacco. A range of harm‐reduction strategies is needed, including long‐term nicotine maintenance, smokeless tobacco and ‘clean’ nicotine products. For those who cannot or will not quit, assistance in reducing smoking should be given. Interventions for smoking among people with mental health/substance use problems may best be delivered by addressing multiple health‐risk behaviours, especially physical activity, around the same time.[Baker AL, Callister R, Kelly PJ, Kypri K. ‘Do more, smoke less!’ Harm reduction in action for smokers with mental health/substance use problems who cannot or will not quit. Drug Alcohol Rev 2012;31:714[ndsh]717]