Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
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J Consult Clin Psychol · Jun 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized trial for hazardous drinking and smoking cessation for callers to a quitline.
This study evaluated whether tobacco quitline telephone coaches can be trained to counsel hazardous-drinking smokers to improve smoking cessation success and to limit or abstain from alcohol use. ⋯ A brief alcohol intervention plus standard care via a telephone quitline resulted in significantly higher smoking cessation rates for hazardous-drinking callers. Given that quitline coaches were trained to provide the intervention with acceptable adherence, the potential to extend this intervention for wide-scale implementation and impact is promising.