CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR TOBACCO SMOKING IN METHADONE-MAINTAINED OPIATE ADDICTS

Seventeen methadone-maintained cigarette smokers received 4 weeks of c ontingency management (CM) as a stop-smoking intervention. Results ind icated that CM patients significantly reduced breath CO levels from ba seline to completion of treatment and that 23.4% of patients maintaine d 1 week or more of continued smoking abstinence. Results indicated a link between smoking abstinence and reduced cocaine use, although not reduced opiate use, which raised questions about possible shared biolo gical and psychological mechanisms for tobacco and cocaine use.