Alcohol high risk drinking, abuse and dependence among tobacco smoking medical care patients and the general population

Ulrich John; Andreas Hill; H. J. Rumpf; U. Hapke; C. Meyer

doi:10.1016/S0376-8716(02)00315-0

Alcohol high risk drinking, abuse and dependence among tobacco smoking medical care patients and the general population

Ulrich John^*, Andreas Hill, H. J. Rumpf, U. Hapke, C. Meyer

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Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapie

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about the synergies of smoking and alcohol consumption in medical care patients. The objective, therefore, is to estimate the coincidence of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption as well as alcohol abuse and dependence with tobacco smoking in a general hospital and general practices. Methods: Three samples of 18-64 year olds include 510 consecutively admitted currently smoking in-patients of a general hospital, 271 patients of a randomized sample of general practices, and 1567 current smokers from a regional population in Germany. Data include the number of cigarettes and a diagnosis of alcohol dependence and abuse (DSM), harmful or hazardous alcohol use. Results: The rates of current daily cigarette smokers with an alcohol dependence or abuse, harmful or hazardous alcohol consumption are 47.1% in the general hospital and 32.1% in the general practice sample compared with 18.4% in the general population. The rates increase from nonsmokers to smokers and with the number of cigarettes. Conclusions: The findings fit into the evidence about alcohol and tobacco interactions in morbidity and mortality. General medical care settings are appropriate for the detection of alcohol dependence or abuse via smoking.

Original language	English
Journal	Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume	69
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	189-195
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0376-8716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-8716(02)00315-0
Publication status	Published - 01.03.2003

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Studies 1 and 2 have been supported by grant no. 326-4914-8/38 of the German Federal Ministry of Health and grant no. 01 EB 9406 of the Germany Ministry of Education and Research. The data of study 3 is part of the project ‘Transitions in Alcohol Consumption and Smoking (TACOS)’.

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Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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