[The influence of tobacco smoking on alcohol craving during alcoholism rehabilitation treatment programme].
OBJECTIVE
Scientific data indicates that 80% alcohol dependent patients smoke cigarettes. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of cigarette smoking on the severity of alcohol craving and therefore -on the efficacy of treatment and continuing sobriety in alcohol dependent individuals.


METHODS
We examined 82 adults (57 men and 25 women), meeting the ICD-10 alcohol dependence criteria, undergoing alcohol dependence therapy, who were divided into two groups--smoking and non-smoking (male and female). Twice during the study--between the 7th and 14th day and 50th and 90th day of therapy--subjects were examined with the use of a structured questionnaire, including basic demographic data, the Nicotine Dependence Test and the Nicotine Dependence Questionnaire by Fagerstrom and the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale by Anton.


RESULTS
The study was accomplished by 76 patients. In 80% of the alcohol dependent smokers the number of cigarettes per day remains unchanged. There were no significant differences in alcohol craving between smokers and non-smokers.
Wroński
Michał
M
Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii PAM w Szczecinie.
Rut
Barbara
B
Kucharska-Mazur
Jolanta
J
Samochowiec
Jerzy
J
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*