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Alcoholism
Smoking may interfere with alcoholics' neurocognitive recovery during abstinence
July 10th, 2007
Alcoholics frequently smoke. Anywhere from 50 to 90 percent of individuals in North America who seek alcoholism treatment are also chronic smokers. New findings indicate that smoking may interfere with alcoholics’ neurocognitive recovery during their first six to nine months of abstinence from alcohol. Results are published in the July issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. “There are several possible explanations for the concurrent use of alcohol and tobacco products,” said Timothy C. Durazzo, assistant adjunct professor in the department of radiology at the University of California San Francisco, and corresponding author for the...
Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-07-10)
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