title: [Smoking by people addicted to drugs].
abstract: The purpose of the paper was to present tobacco addiction problem in group of drugs of abuse addicted patients. The structure of abused drugs and addiction to many substances was described. The material was information from patients treated in substitution program in Krakow. There were 64 persons (22 women and 42 men). All of them used illegal drugs of abuse (opiates, amphetamines, cananbinoids) and used other psychoactive substances. The most often was tobacco (93.7%), alcohol (34.4%), drugs (67.2%) and spices (mephedrone). For most of them tobacco was the first abused addicted substance. The mean age of addiction beginning was 17,6 years for tobacco, 19,5 years for drugs of abuse, 21,8 years for alcohol, 25,7 years for medicines. All patients used more than one substance. 25% of them used drugs of abuse, tobacco, alcohol and medicines. The substances can cause different toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics interactions. The problem of addiction to many substances is complex both in patients diagnostics and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Toksykologii Analitycznej i Terapii Monitorowanej, Katedra Toksykologii i Chorób Srodowiskowych, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków. egomolka@cm-uj.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gomółka
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Łabuz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult