SUBSTANCE-DEPENDENT INPATIENTS WHO ACCEPT SMOKING TREATMENT

Delineating the characteristics of substance-dependent inpatients who are interested in receiving smoking treatment is critical to developin g effective recruitment strategies and interventions for this populati on. Thus, this study comprehensively assessed and compared substance-d ependent inpatients who accepted (n = 75) versus refused (n = 25) a st op-smoking treatment Univariate analyses found treatment acceptors wer e younger, more addicted to nicotine, had more smoking-related health problems, had more positive attitudes about quitting smoking, and had more positive attitudes about the relationship between smoking cessati on and drug/alcohol sobriety (e.g., believed cessation would positivel y impact sobriety). Logistic regression revealed that believing inpati ent treatment was the best time to quit smoking was the primary factor associated with accepting treatment. Aside from their attitudes about the relationship between smoking cessation and sobriety, substance ab users who accepted smoking treatment appeared similar (e.g., in demogr aphics, smoking behaviors) to nonabusers described in previous studies .