Probabilities of alcohol high-risk drinking, abuse or dependence estimated on grounds of tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence

ABSTRACT Aims  To estimate probabilities of alcohol high‐risk drinking, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence on grounds of smoking‐behaviour related variables and single nicotine dependence criteria. Design  Cross‐sectional population‐based study. Setting  Adult population of a region in north Germa...

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Published in:Addiction (Abingdon, England) England), 2003-06, Vol.98 (6), p.805-814
Main Authors: John, Ulrich, Meyer, Christian, Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen, Hapke, Ulfert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol dependence
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dependency
Female
Germany
Germany - epidemiology
Health
high-risk drinking
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Nicotine
nicotine dependence
Odds Ratio
Population
Probability
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - psychology
Social problems
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
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Summary:ABSTRACT Aims  To estimate probabilities of alcohol high‐risk drinking, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence on grounds of smoking‐behaviour related variables and single nicotine dependence criteria. Design  Cross‐sectional population‐based study. Setting  Adult population of a region in north Germany. Participants  Cigarette smokers (n = 2437) among a random sample of 4075 females and males aged 18–64, drawn in 1996. Measurement  Smoking, nicotine dependence according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM‐IV) and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND); increasing alcohol‐related harm (ARH): high‐risk drinking, DSM‐IV alcohol abuse, remitted and current alcohol dependence diagnosed by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Findings  Having smoked 30 cigarettes or more per day, onset of smoking at the age of 17 or younger, nicotine dependence and single nicotine dependence criteria revealed odds ratios higher than 4.0 for alcohol dependence. For alcohol dependence, a logistic regression model showed an increased odds ratios for male gender, smoking for 25 years or more, no attempt to quit or cut down, continuation of smoking despite problems, craving for nicotine, withdrawal experience 1 day or longer, smoking first cigarette in the morning 5 minutes or less after waking. The probability of increasing ARH was more likely in males, smokers for 25 years or more, no attempt to quit or cut down, continuation of smoking despite problems and smoking first cigarette in the morning 5 minutes or less after waking. Conclusions  Gender and single nicotine dependence criteria show particularly high probabilities of alcohol dependence and increasing ARH. Interventions need to take these connections into account.
ISSN:0965-2140
1360-0443
DOI:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00381.x