Contingency management for tobacco smoking in methadone-maintained opiate addicts

Addict Behav. 1996 May-Jun;21(3):409-12. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(95)00066-6.

Abstract

Seventeen methadone-maintained cigarette smokers received 4 weeks of contingency management (CM) as a stop-smoking intervention. Results indicated that CM patients significantly reduced breath CO levels from baseline to completion of treatment and that 23.4% of patients maintained 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 biological and psychological mechanisms for tobacco and cocaine use.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Cocaine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methadone / therapeutic use
  • Narcotics*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Smoking / epidemiology
  • Smoking Cessation / methods*

Substances

  • Narcotics
  • Cocaine
  • Methadone