Timing of Smoking Intervention in Alcohol Treatment (Nicotine Patch)

Launched by MINNEAPOLIS VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER · Nov 2, 1999

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Meets criteria for alcohol use disorder and other drug dependence.
• • Complete first week of alcohol treatment program.
• • Current cigarette smoker (more than 5 cigarettes/day, smoking more than 1 year).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Lifetime diagnosis of an excluding psychiatric disorder: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, eating disorder, post- traumatic stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder.
• • Unable to participate in protocol due to functional deficits or severe depression.
• • Suicidal or homicidal ideation.
• • Current use of disulfiram (Antabuse) or naltrexone (Revia).
• • Current use of pipes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco and unwillingness to stop.
• • Lives more than 100 miles from alcohol treatment facility.
• • No telephone.