Reducing tobacco use in substance use treatment: The California tobacco free initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have a smoking prevalence that is five times higher than the national average. California funded the Tobacco Free for Recovery Initiative, designed to support programs in implementing tobacco-free grounds and increasing smoking cessation services. In the first cohort of the initiative (2018-2020) client smoking prevalence decreased from 54.2% to 26.6%. The current study examined whether similar findings would be replicated with a later cohort of programs (2020-2022).

Method

Cross-sectional survey data were collected from clients in 11 residential SUD treatment programs at baseline (n = 185) and at post intervention (n = 227). Multivariate logistic regression assessed change over time in smoking prevalence, tobacco u

SUBMITTER: McCuistian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11684340 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature