Cigarette smoking and long-term alcohol and drug treatment outcomes: a telephone follow-up at five years

Am J Addict. 2007 Jan-Feb;16(1):32-7. doi: 10.1080/10550490601077825.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology*
  • Alcoholism / rehabilitation*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Mental Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retention, Psychology
  • Smoking / epidemiology*
  • Smoking Cessation / methods*
  • Smoking Prevention*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Telephone*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome