Table 2.
Alcohol and Tobacco use over time
| PRE (n = 25) |
FU1 (n = 24) |
FU2 (n = 24) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age tasting alcohol for the first time, mean (SD) | 14.56 (6.12) | ||
| Age when addiction was realized, mean (SD) | 29.50 (10.90) | ||
| Frequency of alcohol intake, N (%) | |||
| never | – | 5 (21) | 3 (13) |
| monthly or less | – | 7 (29) | 9 (38) |
| 2 to 4 times a month | – | 1 (4) | 6 (26) |
| 2 to 3 times a week | 6 (24) | 7 (29) | 4 (17) |
| 4 or more times a week | 19 (76) | 4 (17) | 2 (09) |
| Alcohol intake in standard drinks on a typical day with consumption, N (%)a | |||
| 1 or 2 | – | 8 (33)b | 9 (38)c |
| 3 or 4 | – | 2 (8) | 5 (21) |
| 5 or 6 | – | 3 (13) | 4 (17) |
| 7 to 9 | 3 (12) | 4 (17) | 3 (13) |
| 10 or more | 22 (88) | 2 (8) | – |
| Classification according to risk level appropriate intervention, N (%)d | |||
| Education (0–7) | – | 12 (50) | 16 (67) |
| Advice (8–15) | 1 (4) | 5 (21) | 6 (25) |
| Advice, Counseling & Monitoring (16–19) | 2 (8) | 3 (13) | 2 (8) |
| Specialist Diagnostics & Treatment (20–40) | 22 (88) | 4 (17) | – |
| Tobacco consumption in cigarettes on a typical day with consumption, mean (SD) | 6.85 (4.19)e | 2.21 (1.56)f | 2.75 (1.06)g |
Note. a One standard drink is defined as a drink containing 13 g of pure ethanol, e.g. 1 bottle of beer at 330 ml and 5%. b 5 abstinent participants. c 3 abstinent participants. d classifications follow the recommendations of the AUDIT manual, AUDIT scores in brackets. e n = 13 indicated smoking. f n = 12, two abstinent participants. g n = 12, no abstinent participants