title: Addressing tobacco among individuals with a mental illness or an addiction.
abstract: Tobacco dependence among individuals with a mental illness or an addiction is a tremendous problem that goes largely ignored. Studies of genetics, neuroimaging, and nicotinic receptors support a neurobiological link between tobacco use and alcohol dependence, drug dependence, schizophrenia, depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and anxiety disorders. This paper summarizes the recent literature on this topic and discusses how treatment for tobacco can no longer be ignored in mental-health and addiction-treatment settings. More research is needed as well as a national organized effort to address tobacco in this large segment of smokers.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-SPH, Tobacco Dependence Program, 317 George Street, Suite 210, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. jill.williams@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziedonis
mesh_terms: D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy