title: Contingency management promotes smoking reductions in residential substance abuse patients.
abstract: Rates and consequences of cigarette smoking are more severe in substance abusers. In this 12-week pilot study, residential substance abuse treatment patients received standard care for smoking cessation (n=12) or prize contingency management (n=12) for expired carbon monoxide (CO) tests < or =8 ppm and salivary cotinine <10 ng/ml, which are indicative of smoking abstinence. Percentage of negative CO tests and the highest number of consecutive negative CO tests were greater in contingency management compared to standard care.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, USA. alessi@psychiatry.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Petry
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001944:Breath Tests; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D014040:Token Economy