A brief alcohol intervention during smoking cessation treatment in daily cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol use attenuates successful smoking cessation. We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention in smokers. In this two-arm, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial, we randomized 100 daily smokers (82.0% male, mean age = 43.7 years) with past-year alcohol use in smoking cessation clinics. Both intervention (n = 51) and control (n = 49) groups received conventional smoking cessation treatment, the intervention group additionally received a brief alcohol intervention. Primary outcome was biochemically validated tobacco abstinence at 2 months. Secondary outcomes included Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores, self-reported past 7-day alcohol consumption in alcohol units, feasibility, and acceptability scores at

SUBMITTER: Cheung YTD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11686374 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature