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  Vol. 261 No. 6, February 10, 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Comparing Tobacco Cigarette Dependence With Other Drug Dependencies

Greater or Equal 'Difficulty Quitting' and 'Urges to Use,' but Less 'Pleasure' From Cigarettes

Lynn T. Kozlowski, PhD; D. Adrian Wilkinson, DPhil; Wayne Skinner, MSW; Carl Kent, MSW; Tom Franklin, MSW; Marilyn Pope

JAMA. 1989;261(6):898-901.


Abstract

About 1000 persons seeking treatment for alcohol or drug dependence were asked, relative to cigarettes, about the difficulty of quitting the use of the substance for which they were seeking treatment, the strength of their strongest urges to use, and the pleasure they derived from use. Fifty-seven percent said that cigarettes would be harder to quit using than their problem substance. These ratings were related to the level of cigarette dependence and the perceived difficulty of quitting the use of the problem substance. The alcohol-dependent persons were about four times more likely than the drug-dependent persons to say that their strongest urges for cigarettes were at least as great as their strongest urges for their problem substance. Cigarettes were generally rated as less pleasurable than alcohol or other drugs. Thus, experiential experts on dependence judge cigarette dependence as at least as "addictive" as other drug use, but not as pleasurable, indicating important similarities and differences between cigarette dependence and other forms of dependence on psychoactive substances.

(JAMA 1989;261:898-901)



Author Affiliations

From the Clinical Institute, Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto (Drs Kozlowski and Wilkinson, Messrs Skinner, Kent, and Franklin, and Ms Pope); the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto (Dr Kozlowski); and the Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto (Dr Wilkinson).


Footnotes

The opinions are our own and not necessarily those of the Clinical Institute, Addiction Research Foundation.

Reprint requests to the Clinical Institute, Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1 (Dr Kozlowski).



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