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ArticleSubstance abuse : research and treatment2021

Pilot Cohorts for Development of Concurrent Mobile Treatment for Alcohol and Tobacco Use Disorders.

Alyssa M Medenblik, Patrick S Calhoun, Stephen A Maisto, Daniel R Kivlahan, Scott D Moore, Jean C Beckham, Sarah M Wilson, Dan V Blalock, Eric A Dedert

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Article in Substance abuse : research and treatment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  2. Messages About Tobacco and Alcohol Co-Users.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alyssa M MedenblikPsychology Department, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-7374
Patrick S CalhounDurham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Stephen A MaistoVeterans Affairs Center for Integrated Health Care, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Daniel R KivlahanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Scott D MooreDurham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Jean C BeckhamDurham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Sarah M WilsonDurham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Dan V BlalockCenter of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham Veterans Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Eric A DedertDurham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.

Funding

Mobile Contingency Management for Concurrent Abstinence from Alcohol and SmokingR34AA023877 · NIAAA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CALHOUN, PATRICK S., DEDERT, ERIC A · 2017 to 2019
$686k
HSRD VA IK2 HX002398NIAAA NIH HHS R34 AA023877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol and tobacco are the 2 most frequently used drugs in the United States and represent the highest co-occurrence of polysubstance use. The objective of this study was to refine an intervention combining mobile contingency management with cognitive-behavioral telephone counseling for concurrent treatment of alcohol and tobacco use disorders. Two cohorts (n = 13 total, n = 5 women) of participants were enrolled, with 10/13 completing treatment and 7/13 completing the 6-month follow-up. At enrollment, participants were drinking a mean of 28.9 drinks per week (SD = 14.1), with a mean of 14.7 heavy drinking days in the past month (SD = 9.9), and a mean of 18.1 cigarettes per day (SD = 11.7). Treatment included a mobile application that participants used to record carbon monoxide and breath alcohol content readings to bioverify abstinence. Participants received up to 4 sessions of phone cognitive-behavioral therapy and monetary reinforcement contingent on abstinence. In cohort 1, 4/6 participants reported abstinent or low-risk drinking post-monitoring. Six weeks post quit-date, 2/6 participants were CO-bioverified abstinent from tobacco use, with 2/6 in dual remission. These results were maintained at 6-months. In cohort 2, 6/7 reported abstinent or low-risk drinking post-monitoring, 5 weeks post quit-date. At the post-monitoring visit, 5/7 were CO-bioverified abstinent from smoking, with 5/7 in dual remission. At 6-months, 3/7 reporting abstinent or low-risk drinking, 1/7 had bioverified abstinence from smoking, with 1/7 in dual remission. Observations suggest that it is possible to develop a concurrent mobile treatment for alcohol and tobacco use disorders.

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Alcoholcognitive behavioral therapycomorbiditycontingency managementtobacco

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PMID34552330
PMCPMC8451000

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