Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for counselors’ implementation of brief interventions during intake and other tobacco-related measures
| Measure | Mean (SD) or % |
Available N |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation of brief interventions during intake | ||
| Thinking about when you first meet a new client, how often (0 = never, 5 = always) do you: |
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| ‥‥make sure to ask whether they are a current smoker and/or current tobacco user? |
3.50 (1.86) | 2,067 |
| ‥‥ask non-smokers if they have ever been a smoker/tobacco user? | 2.61 (1.94) | 2,067 |
| ‥‥advise current smokers/tobacco users that they should quit? | 2.54 (1.83) | 2,067 |
| ‥‥assess current smokers/tobacco users for their willingness to quit? | 2.65 (1.82) | 2,067 |
| ‥‥use brief motivational interventions to increase willingness to quit? |
2.16 (1.79) | 2,067 |
| Mean scale | 2.69 (1.46) | 2,067 |
| Organizational barriers to smoking cessation | ||
| To what extent (0 = not at all true, 5 = very true) are the following true about the center where you work? |
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| Smoking is an accepted part of the staff culture at this treatment program. |
2.35 (1.89) | 2,047 |
| Smoking and tobacco use are not important issues in the successful treatment of other substance abuse problems. |
2.11 (1.70 | 2,039 |
| Our treatment protocol is so demanding that there would be little or no time for adding smoking cessation activities. |
1.78 (1.64) | 2,030 |
| Allowing clients to continue their smoking or other tobacco use facilitates successful treatment of their primary substance abuse issues. |
2.02 (1.61) | 2,034 |
| It is very difficult to be reimbursed for staff time devoted to clients’ smoking cessation. |
1.96 (1.86) | 1,994 |
| Our staff generally does not have the skills to provide smoking cessation treatments to clients. |
1.96 (1.75) | 2,039 |
| Our staff does not have interest in providing our clients with smoking cessation treatments. |
1.69 (1.61) | 2,041 |
| Mean scale | 1.97 (1.06) | 1,954 |
| Perceived managerial support for smoking cessation | ||
| To what extent (0 = no extent, 5 = very great extent) does the management at your center support the integration of smoking cessation services into substance abuse treatment? |
2.50 (1.79) | 2,015 |
| PHS guideline knowledge | 1.26 (1.57) | 2,035 |
| To what extent (0 = no extent, 5 = very great extent) are you knowledgeable about the Public Health Service’s clinical practice guideline entitled, Treatment Tobacco Use and Dependence? |
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| Perceived impact of smoking cessation interventions on sobriety | ||
| How do you feel providing smoking cessation interventions will affect a smoking patient’s success (at 1 year follow-up) on their alcohol/non- nicotine drug abuse problem? |
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| …Definitely decrease chances for sobriety (coded 1) | 2.4% | 49 |
| …Probably decrease chances for sobriety (coded 2) | 13.7% | 278 |
| …Have no effect (coded 3) | 23.1% | 469 |
| …Probably increase chances for sobriety (coded 4) | 44.4% | 903 |
| …Definitely increase chances for sobriety (coded 5) | 16.5% | 335 |
| Mean perceived impact | 3.59 (0.99) | 2,034 |
| Personal tobacco use | 2,012 | |
| Current smoker/user of smokeless tobacco products | 20.4% | 410 |
| Former smoker/user of smokeless tobacco products | 47.9% | 963 |
| Never smoker/never tobacco user | 31.8% | 639 |