Pain Severity and Alcohol Use Among Daily Tobacco Cigarette Smokers.

Lisa R LaRoweJessica M PowersMichael B PaladinoJoseph W Ditre

Published in: The American journal on addictions (2020)

This is the first study to demonstrate that past 4-week pain severity may be one factor that maintains three conceptually distinct patterns of hazardous drinking among smokers. The current results also provide the first evidence that greater pain intensity may be associated with an increased urge to drink alcohol, via negative affect. (Am J Addict 2020;29:134-140).

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
smoking cessation
neuropathic pain
physical activity
randomized controlled trial
spinal cord
clinical trial