Smoking As an Outcome Moderator In the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To clarify whether smoking interferes with successful treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Methods

The current systematic review investigates the potential moderating effect of smoking on behavioural and pharmacological treatment of AUD. In addition, this review summarizes the results of randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of smoking cessation treatments in subjects with AUD on drinking outcomes.

Results

Overall, the results show that 16 out of the 31 pharmacological and psychotherapeutic alcohol treatment studies showed that being a non-smoker or decreased tobacco consumption during AUD treatment is associated with beneficial drinking outcomes, including reduced drinking, later relapse and prolonged alcohol abstinence. As such, smoking pred

SUBMITTER: van Amsterdam J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9651979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature