This study is designed to increase understanding of the processes that affect the treatment
outcome of individuals with both alcohol and nicotine dependence. Treatment outcome
methodology will be combined with a computerized self-monitoring methodology to examine the
extent to which smoking serves as a cue for alcohol craving and/or as a response to alcohol
craving in treated alcoholics. Subjects will be veterans participating in the Substance Abuse
Day Programs at the Newington and West Haven campuses of the VA Connecticut Healthcare
System. Nonveteran women will be recruited from the community and enrolled in the day
program. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the following two conditions: (1)
intensive smoking cessation therapy (counseling plus nicotine replacement using nicotine
patches) concurrent with alcohol treatment, or (2) brief smoking cessation advice concurrent
with alcohol treatment.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Yale University
Collaborator:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)