title: Smoking and coffee intake following alcohol withdrawal in alcoholic inpatients.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess alcoholic inpatients' smoking and coffee intake variation following withdrawal. Only moderate smokers (less than 30 cigarettes/day) showed a significant increase of cigarette consumption after alcohol withdrawal. However, their urinary cotinine level did not vary, suggesting a behavioral, and not biological, compensation through smoking following alcohol withdrawal. Heavy smokers (30 cigarettes/day or more) showed no significant clinical or biological variation of smoking behavior. Coffee consumption increased after alcohol withdrawal in all patients, irrespective of smoking habits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Alcohology, Hospital Emile-Roux, 94456 Limeil-Brévannes cedex, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aubin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tilikete
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laureaux
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nguyen Hac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roullet-Volmi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Troupel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrucand