Primary report of first national study on merging smoking cessation with drug abuse treatment in welfare organization, Iran 2017

• Main Author: Gholamreza Heydari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Publishing 2018-06-01
• Series: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
• Subjects: smoking cessation
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/Primary-report-of-first-national-study-on-merging-smoking-cessation-with-drug-abuse,90133,0,2.html

Introduction Tobacco smoking is very common in drug abusers and here is a challenge to accept that smoking cessation can be added to treatment for it. The aim of this study was to present efficacy of merging smoking cessation with drug abuse treatment nationally. Methods This was a cross sectional study of merging quit smoking intervention with behavioral therapy and medication in 24 drug abuse treatment centers at welfare organization in 6 districts of Iran in 2017. Results More than 2000 male clients were involved with age over 18. 78% of them were satisfied with this new treatment and after 6 months 23% of them quit smoking, in 46% smoking less than half amount at first was seen and 31% were smoker while they had their maintenance medication on addiction. Conclusions Smoking cessation intervention was acceptable and can have a significant impact on the general health of drug abusers. Funding None