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1: Prim Care. 1999 Sep;26(3):671-89.Links

Tobacco cessation with patients recovering from alcohol and other substance abuse.

McIlvain HE, Bobo JK.

Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-3075, USA.

This article focuses on the problem of tobacco cessation in the patient recovering from alcohol or other substance abuse. The authors review the epidemiology of the problem, specific health risks to this population from continued tobacco use, and recent research findings that address previous treatment concerns. Recommendations for counseling by physicians are made. These include an algorithm for determining the patient's stage of readiness for making a quit attempt, specific counseling tasks based on the patients stage, and motivational counseling strategies aimed at increasing the patients motivation to quit.

PMID: 10436293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]