A total of 771 professionals employed in alcohol treatment programs in
Nebraska were surveyed to determine whether their personal alcohol and
tobacco use status or characteristics of their treatment programs were
related to whether they provided nicotine addiction counseling. About a
third of respondents agreed that clients in active treatment should be
urged to quit smoking. Compared with respondents who had never smoked,
current smokers were one-half to one-third as likely to provide such
counseling. Greater knowledge of the effects of nicotine addiction and
employment in programs that provided nicotine addiction education or
treatment increased the odds of counselors' providing nicotine counseling.
Counselors' alcohol use status was not associated with nicotine counseling
practices.
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