Study on Concurrent Smoking cessation and Addiction Treatment

A new study examines the efficacy of concurrent smoking cessation and addiction treatment for stimulant-dependent individuals. The results suggest that providing smoking cessation treatment to illicit stimulant-dependent individuals in outpatient addiction treatment settings will not worsen, and may enhance, abstinence from non-nicotine substance use. 

 

A randomized trial of concurrent smoking-cessation and substance use disorder treatment in stimulant-dependent smokers.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;75(4):336-43. doi: 10.4088/JCP.13m08449.

Winhusen TM¹, Brigham GS, Kropp F, Lindblad R, Gardin JG 2nd, Penn P, Hodgkins C, Kelly TM, Douaihy A, McCann M, Love LD, DeGravelles E, Bachrach K, Sonne SC, Hiott B, Haynes L, Sharma G, Lewis DF, VanVeldhuisen P, Theobald J, Ghitza U.