Effects of time-varying changes in tobacco and alcohol use on depressive symptoms following pharmaco-behavioral treatment for smoking and heavy drinking

The extant literature provides evidence that both smoking cessation and abstinence from alcohol (independently) predict reduced depressive symptoms over time. However, many smokers are unsuccessful in achieving sustained abstinence or are unwilling to commit to complete abstinence in the foreseeable future, e.g. (Begh et al., 2015). Similarly, many heavy drinkers report willingness and motivation to reduce their alcohol consumption but do not intend to be abstinent from alcohol (Marlatt and Witkiewitz, 2002).
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