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Nicotine Dependence Treatment During Inpatient Treatment for Other Addictions: A Prospective Intervention Trial
Author(s) -
Hurt Richard D.,
Eberman Kay M.,
Croghan Ivana T.,
Offord Kenneth P.,
Davis Leo J.,
Morse Robert M.,
Palmen Michael A.,
Bruce Barbara K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00052.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abstinence , intervention (counseling) , nicotine , smoking cessation , addiction , alcohol dependence , randomized controlled trial , prospective cohort study , clinical trial , relapse prevention , psychiatry , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology
This study assessed the effect of treating nicotine dependence in smokers undergoing inpatient treatment for other addictions. It was a prospective, nonrandomized, controlled trial with a 1‐year outcome. The subjects were smoking patients (50 controls, 51 in intervention group) in an inpatient addictions treatment unit in a medical center. The enrollment of subjects was sequential: controls were enrolled first, after a 6‐week washout period, intervention subjects were enrolled. Controls received usual care, and the intervention group received nicotine dependence treatment consisting of a consultation, 10 intervention sessions, and a structured relapse prevention program. Smoking cessation rate and abstinence from alcohol or other drug use were the main outcome measures. The confirmed smoking cessation rate at 1 year was 11.8% in the intervention group and 0.0% in the control group ( p = 0.027). Nicotine dependence intervention did not seem to interfere with abstinence from alcohol or other drugs (1‐year relapse rate was 31.4% in the intervention group and 34.0% in controls). In this study, nicotine dependence treatment provided as part of addictive disorders treatment enhanced smoking cessation and did not have a substantial adverse effect on abstinence from the nonnicotine drug of dependence.