Exploring Issues of Comorbid Conditions in People Who Smoke

This article explores how physical and psychiatric conditions may interact in the treatment of tobacco dependence, and discusses the need for smoking cessation as a critical component of comorbid condition management. Five common comorbid domains—psychiatric, cancer, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—are highlighted to illustrate how these different conditions might interact with smoking with respect to prevalence and harm, motivation to quit, and cessation treatment utilization and success.

Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Rojewski, A. M., Baldassarri, S., Cooperman, N. A., Gritz, E. R., Leone, F. T., Piper, M. E., Toll, B. A., Warren, G. W., the Comorbidities Workgroup of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Treatment Network Tags: Review Source Type: research