Quitting smoking may help with recovery from other addictions

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Quitting smoking is linked to better substance use disorder recovery outcomes, according to US research, which suggests that smoking cessation could be a tool to help the recovery process for people with a substance use disorder. In a survey of over 2500 people, quitting smoking increased the odds of substance use disorder recovery by 30%.

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Funder: This manuscript was supported by federal funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The PATH Study is supported with federal funds from the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services, through an interagency agreement between FDA CTP and NIH NIDA, and through a collaboration between NIDA and the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the Office of Disease Prevention, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Library of Medicine. The PATH Study is supported with federal funds from NIH NIDA and FDA CTP, under contract toWestat (contract numbers HHSN271201100027C and HHSN271201600001C). Drs Blanco, Creamer, Kimmel, and Compton were substantially involved in providing scientific expertise and providing scientific management for contract numbers HHSN271201100027C and HHSN271201600001C.
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