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Addressing smoking cessation in methadone programs.

Yngvild Olsen1, Daniel P Alford, Nicholas J Horton

  • 1Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 East Monument Street, Room 2-516, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. yolsen@jhsp.edu

Journal of Addictive Diseases
|March 24, 2005
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Methadone programs often fail to provide smoking cessation counseling to patients, despite its importance. Enhancing patient-counselor relationships may improve smoking cessation support in these addiction treatment settings.

Area of Science:

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Smoking is highly prevalent among patients in methadone programs.
  • Addressing nicotine addiction is crucial for overall recovery and health outcomes.
  • Current provision of smoking cessation services in these programs is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of smoking cessation counseling in methadone programs.
  • To identify factors influencing the delivery of smoking cessation support.
  • To highlight discrepancies between patient and counselor reports on counseling provision.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey design.
  • Inclusion of 575 methadone patients and their counselors.

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  • Data collection on reported smoking cessation counseling and associated factors.

    • Main Results:

    • 76% of surveyed patients were eligible smokers.
    • A significant gap exists: 48% of patients reported receiving counseling vs. 97% of counselors reporting provision (p < 0.0001).
    • Longer patient-counselor relationship duration was linked to increased patient-reported counseling (OR 1.19).

    Conclusions:

    • Methadone programs inadequately address nicotine addiction, despite its requirement.
    • Prioritizing effective smoking cessation interventions is essential.
    • Strengthening patient-counselor relationships can improve smoking cessation support continuity.