paperKB
coga / coga-kb
Help
Sign in

Chunk #37 — Mechanisms of Co-Occurring Use — Treatment of cannabis and nicotine addiction in co-users

Source
The co-occurring use and misuse of cannabis and tobacco: a review.
Embedded
yes

Text

Published clinical trials investigating treatments for adults with cannabis use disorders suggest that approximately 50% are current tobacco smokers (115;116). For adolescents receiving treatment for cannabis, the rate of tobacco smoking appears even higher (117;118). Rates of the converse, the number of cannabis users among those seeking help with tobacco cessation is less clear, but is likely a smaller, yet substantial proportion (see Figure 1, (19)).