K P Richter

..One tactic for disseminating tobacco treatment in drug treatment might involve identifying the purported benefits of tobacco and training providers in alternative methods for delivering these benefits...

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..Future research should use experimental designs to better examine whether a causal relationship exists and examine the impact of other types of opioid maintenance medications on smoking patterns...

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..Only 1 in 10 ban smoking. Outpatient facilities should restrict or ban outdoor tobacco use in order to remain consistent with their mission and avoid sabotaging clinic efforts to treat, and patient and staff efforts to stop, smoking...

..Cigarette smoking is a major co-morbidity of marijuana use and smoking cessation should be addressed among marijuana users in addition to their other illicit drug involvement...

..Most patients in drug treatment smoke cigarettes. This study established the prevalence and types of nicotine dependence services offered in methadone and other opioid treatment clinics in the United States...

..Patients have a number of skills from coping with illicit drug dependence that are useful in combating nicotine dependence. Behavioral methods and short-term pharmacotherapy to help patients reduce tobacco exposure should be explored...

..These strategies, derived innovatively from mothers' experiences, provide progressive goals for treatment and can also serve as measures of success. In addition, they may determine how well children fare in drug-affected families...

..We describe smoking patterns among illicit drug users, assess whether cigarette smoking is more prevalent among illicit drug users than it is among non-users and explore how smoking relates to level and type of drug use...

..This study examined tobacco use prevalence, types of tobacco used, interest in quitting, and prior quit attempts among persons in methadone maintenance treatment...

..Although some comorbid conditions and concurrent drug therapies were considered contraindications, particularly to bupropion, physicians rarely considered these clinically significant risks enough to deny pharmacotherapy...

..A study was conducted to examine the reach of services within a hospital tobacco treatment program and to identify predictors of referral and treatment...

..Smokers not interested in quitting but willing to reduce their smoking should be encouraged to utilize a variety of smoking reduction strategies...

..Programs are needed to enhance physician intervention in this understudied population of smokers...

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..Addressing these barriers could increase smoking treatment in addictions clinics and save lives...

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..

..Project findings will support future policy and research to strengthen tobacco treatment services in substance abuse treatment. ..

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..