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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Dec;10(12):1793–1809. doi: 10.1080/14622200802443742

Table 5.

Percentage relapsed at the end of the 12-week post-quit period by alcohol use disorder history and baseline drinking level in the intent-to-treat sample and among those providing post-quit information

Intent-to-treat sample
AUD history main effect Baseline drinking main effect Baseline drinking × AUD effects

Group: Entire
sample
No AUD
history
AUD
history
Abstinent Moderate
Drinker
Heavy
Drinker
Abstinent
no AUD
Abstinent
w/AUD
Moderate
no AUD
Moderate
w/AUD
Hazardous
no AUD
Hazardous
w/AUD
N/n (percent of sample) 249 157 (63.1%) 92 (36.9%) 73 (29.3%) 95 (38.2%) 81 (32.5%) 42 (16.9%) 31 (12.4%) 69 (27.7%) 26 (10.4%) 46 (18.5%) 35 (14.1%)
Percent relapsed: 76.7% 77.1% 76.1% 78.1% 69.5% 84% 78.6% 77.4% 68.1% 73.1% 89.1% 77.1%
Post-quit sample
AUD history main effect Baseline drinking main effect Baseline drinking × AUD effects

Group: Entire sample No AUD history AUD history Abstinent Moderate Drinker Heavy Drinker Abstinent no AUD Abstinent w/AUD Moderate no AUD Moderate w/AUD Hazardous no AUD Hazardous w/AUD
N/n (percent of sample) 208 124 (59.6%) 84 (40.4%) 60 (28.8%) 77 (37%) 71 (34.1%) 33 (15.9%) 27 (13%) 52 (25%) 25 (12%) 39 (18.8%) 32 (15.4%)

Percent relapsed: 72.1% 71.0% 73.8% 73.3% 62.3% 81.7% 72.7% 74.1% 57.7% 72.0% 87.2% 75.0%

Relapse was defined as having smoked during the week prior to assessment by self-report and/or carbon monoxide > 10 ppm at assessment appointment or being lost to follow-up

Level of current alcohol use was based on a 28-day Timeline Followback: abstainers reported no alcohol use; moderate drinkers reported drinking but did not violate

NIAAA daily or weekly drinking guidelines; hazardous drinkers reported violating NIAAA daily or weekend drinking guidelines at least once.

Lifetime history of an alcohol use disorder is a past or current DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol abuse or a past diagnosis of alcohol dependence according to the SCID