How is Nicotine Addiction Addressed?
Staff Smoking and Other Barriers to Nicotine Dependence Intervention in Addiction Treatment Settings: A Review Joseph Guydish, Ph.D.; Emma Passalacqua, B.A.; Barbara Tajima, Ed.M. & Sarah Turcotte Manser, M.A. AbstractThe aims of this review were to assess smoking prevalence among drug abuse treatment staff and summarize the range of barriers to provision of nicotine dependence intervention to clients receiving addictions treatment. A systematic literature search was conducted to identify publications reporting on workforce smoking prevalence, attitudes toward smoking, and perceived barriers to providing smoking cessation treatment in drug abuse treatment settings. Twenty papers met study inclusion criteria. Staff smoking prevalence estimates in the literature ranged from 14% to 40%. The most frequently reported barriers to providing nicotine dependence intervention in addiction treatment settings were lack of staff knowledge or training in this area, that smoking cessation concurrent
