Cigarette smoking in pregnant substance users: Association with substance use and desire to quit. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winhusen, Theresa; Lewis, Daniel
• Is Part Of: Journal of addictive diseases. Volume 36:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 88
• Page End: 91
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Pregnant -- substance use -- smoking; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Periodicals; Alcoholism -- Periodicals; Compulsive behavior -- Periodicals; 362.2905
• DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2016.1254992
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1055-0887

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is prevalent in pregnant substance users but receives low priority in substance use disorder treatment. This article reports the results of a secondary analysis of a randomized, multisite trial with 200 pregnant substance users, 145 (72.5%) of whom smoked at baseline. As predicted: (1) smokers had significantly greater substance use; (2) approximately half of smokers wanted to quit; and (3) smokers with a quit goal had significantly greater self-efficacy and lower perceived difficulty of quitting. Smoking may be associated with more severe substance use in pregnant substance-using patients, half of whom may be interested in smoking-cessation interventions.