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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 23 Tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs |
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| | Between 80 and 95% of alcoholics also smoke cigarettes, a rate three times higher |
| | than the general population. And about 70% of alcoholics are heavy smokers, more |
| | than a pack a day, compared with only 10% of the general population. |
| | Alcohol Alert newsletter, January 1998 |
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| | Recovering alcoholics often receive less than optimal tobacco cessation counseling |
| | out of fear that attempts to stop smoking might jeopardize their sobriety. However, |
| | recent research does not support this idea, and instead suggests that smoking |
| | cessation may actually enhance abstinence from alcohol. |
| | American Family Physician, April 15, 1998, p. 1869 |
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| | Teenagers who smoke were 11.4 times more likely to use illicit drugs and 16 times |
| | more likely to drink heavily than nonsmokers in the 12 to 17 year old age group. |
| | 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
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| | 1999 "drug war" expenditures were $18 billion, and drug czar Barry McCaffrey |
| | estimated 14,000 deaths from illicit drugs. |
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