Tobacco use during cannabis cessation: Use patterns and impact on abstinence in a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study

The co-use of tobacco and cannabis is a common practice (Agrawal et al., 2012; Agrawal and Lynskey, 2009; Agrawal et al., 2008; Leatherdale et al., 2006; Richter et al., 2004; Tullis et al., 2003) and rates of co-use were shown to have increased from 2003 through 2012 in the United States (US) (Schauer et al., 2015). Of additional concern, tobacco use rates (mostly in the form of cigarette smoking) tend to be elevated among cannabis users. Among a national sample in the US of past-month cannabis users, tobacco use was highly prevalent (60.1% for cigarette smoking co-use; 68.6% overall tobacco co-use prevalence excluding blunts [cigars hollowed out and filled with cannabis] and 78.3% including blunts) (Schauer et al., 2016).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Erin A. McClure, Nathaniel Baker, Susan C. Sonne, Udi E. Ghitza, Rachel L. Tomko, LaTrice Montgomery, Shanna Babalonis, Garth E. Terry, Kevin M. Gray Tags: Full length article Source Type: research