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1: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(1):39-46.Click here to read Links

Cigarette smoking and intimate partner violence among men referred to substance abuse treatment.

Easton CJ, Weinberger AH, McKee SA.

Department of Psychiatry, Division of Substance Abuse, Yale University School of Medicine SATU, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. caroline.easton@yale.edu

This study examined differences between alcohol-dependent offenders of intimate partner violence (IPV) with and without current daily cigarette smoking. Eighty-five alcohol dependent men arrested for domestic and referred to substance abuse treatment were evaluated. A total of 71% of the participants reported current cigarette smoking. The groups were divided into daily smokers (n = 52) vs. non-daily smokers (n = 21). Daily smokers had significantly more days of alcohol use in the 28 days prior to starting treatment, significantly more ASI alcohol and legal severity, and significantly more participants with a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder compared to non-daily smoking alcohol dependent offenders of IPV.

PMID: 18161642 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]