title: Hazardous Alcohol Drinking as Predictor of Smoking Relapse (3-, 6-, and 12-Months Follow-Up) by Gender.
abstract: Diverse studies have found a relation between alcohol consumption and smoking relapse. Few studies have analyzed the relation of smoking relapse with pretreatment alcohol consumption and gender differences. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of alcohol consumption in smoking relapse over 12 months (3-, 6-, and 12-months follow-up) and to determine possible gender differences. The sample included 374 smokers who quit smoking by participating in a psychological smoking cessation treatment. We assessed hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking (AUDIT), cigarette consumption (FTND; number of cigarettes) and sociodemographic variables. Higher scores on hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking predict smoking relapse at 3-, 6-, and 12-months after smoking cessation. In males, higher scores on hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking predict relapse at 6 and at 12 months. In females, higher scores on hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking predict tobacco relapse at 3 months. Hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking predicts relapse at all intervals after smoking cessation (3-, 6-, and 12-months follow-up). However, the influence of hazardous pretreatment alcohol drinking on smoking relapse differs as a function of gender, as it is a short-term predictor in women (3 months) and a long-term predictor in men (6 and 12 months).
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: ruben.rodriguez@usc.es.
authors: Rubén
authors: R
authors: Rodríguez-Cano
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: ana.lopez@usc.es.
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: López-Durán
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: carmela.martinez@usc.es.
authors: Carmela
authors: C
authors: Martínez-Vispo
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: ursula.matinez@usc.es.
authors: Úrsula
authors: Ú
authors: Martínez
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Work, University of Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: elenario@unizar.es.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Fernández Del Río
authors: Smoking and Addictive Disorders Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: elisardo.becona@usc.es.
authors: Elisardo
authors: E
authors: Becoña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: 12-months follow-up; Gender differences; Hazardous alcohol drinking; Smoking relapse