The attitude of the patients with mixed addictions towards the cigarette smoking
Korzeniowska, K.; Graduszyńska, R.; Jabłecka, A.
Przeglad Lekarski 69(10): 958-959
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 23421069 Document Number: 657594
The nicotine addiction is an important problem of people also addicted from psychoactive substances and with behavioral addictions. Therefore the article tries to answers question concerning the attitude of patients with mixed addictions (including nicotine) to cigarette smoking. The surveys were carried out in Private Psychological Clinic. Among 20 patients, 17 were addicted to alcohol, 2 to drugs and 1 to internet. All patients with mixed addictions were also treated for the habit of smoking as an addiction. The results of this study suggested that addiction to psychoactive substances and internet is strictly associated with smoking.