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December 15, 2022
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Tobacco cessation among smokers under substance use treatment for alcohol and/or cannabis: study protocol and pilot study

Publicated to: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 17 (1): 66-66 - 2022-11-30 17(1), DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00348-9

Authors: Feliu, A; Fernández, E; Castellano, Y; Enríquez, M; Saura, J; Cabezas, C; Colom, J; Suelves, JM; Pla, M; Parejo, M; Mondon, S; Barrio, P; Andreu, M; Raich, A; Bernabeu, J; Vilaplana, J; Roca, X; Bautista, P; Guydish, J; Martínez, C

Affiliations

Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Department, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Addictive Behaviors Unit, Psychiatry Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Univ, Mental Hlth Dept, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. cmartinez@iconcologia.net. - Author
CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain. - Author
CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain. cmartinez@iconcologia.net. - Author
CIBERES, Ciber Enfermedades Resp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Department of Clinical Sciences. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. cmartinez@iconcologia.net. - Author
Government of Catalonia, Public Health Secretariat, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Govt Catalonia, Publ Hlth Secretariat, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Inst Neurosci, Psychiat Dept, Addict Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp La Santa Creu & St Pau, Addict Behav Unit, Psychiat Dept, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Oncol, WHO Collaborating Ctr Tobacco Control, Tobacco Control Unit, Canc Control & Prevent Program, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Biomed Bellvitge IDIBELL, Canc Control & Prevent Grp, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Mental Health Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
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Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA. - Author
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA. cmartinez@iconcologia.net. - Author
Publ Hlth Agcy Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Serra Húnter Fellow, Computer Science Department, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain. - Author
Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. cmartinez@iconcologia.net. - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Clin Sci, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Publ Hlth Maternal Hlth & Mental Hlth, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Calif San Francisco, Philip R Lee Inst Hlth Policy Studies, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA - Author
Univ Lleida, Comp Sci Dept, Lleida, Spain - Author
Univ Oberta Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
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Abstract

Approximately 80% of people with a substance use disorder (SUD) are smokers. Starting SUD treatment offers the opportunity to also quit smoking. The ACT-ATAC project aims to identify the predictors associated with smoking cessation among persons treated for alcohol and/or cannabis use disorder in Barcelona. This manuscript reports its methodology and the experience of carrying it out during the COVID-19 pandemic.Mixed methods project with three substudies. Substudy 1 (S1) comprises heterogeneous discussion groups among clinicians. S2 has two prospective cohorts composed of smokers under treatment for alcohol and/or cannabis use disorder and the clinicians in charge of these patients. Participating smokers will be followed for 12 months and interviewed about their substance use and the tobacco cessation services received using the Spanish version of the users' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Services (S-KAS) scale. The clinicians will be asked about their self-reported practices in smoking cessation using the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (S-KAP) scale. S3 comprises heterogeneous discussion groups with smokers. Data will be triangulated using qualitative and quantitative analyses. To facilitate the recruitment process, the researchers have introduced several strategies (design clear protocols, set monthly online meetings, extend the project, provide gift cards, etc.).The results of S1 were used to develop the questionnaires. S2 required some adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the follow-up interviews being conducted by phone instead of face-to-face, and the recruitment rhythm was lower than expected. Recruitment will last until reaching at least 200-250 users. The fieldwork could not have been possible without the collaboration of the ACT-ATAC team and the introduction of several strategies. Trial registration The ACT-ATAC project has been successfully registered at Clinicaltrials.gov [NCT04841655].© 2022. The Author(s).

Keywords

alcoholattitudescigarettedependencehealthinterventionknowledgequestionnairesmoking cessationsubstance abuseuse disordervalidationAlcoholCannabisCannabis addictionCovid-19Drug dependenceEthanolHumanHumansMarijuana abusePandemicPandemicsPilot projectsPilot studyProspective studiesProspective studySmokersSmokingSmoking cessationSmoking-cessationSubstance abuseSubstance-related disordersTobacco use cessation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Addiction Science & Clinical Practice due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Clinical Psychology.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 25.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 25 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (FELIU JOSA, ARIADNA) .

Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) (Grant: PI18/01420) Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Una manera de hacer Europa. The Tobacco Control Research Group is partly supported by the Ministry of Business and Knowledge from the Government of Catalonia [2017SGR319] and by Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Government of Spain CIBERES CB19/06/00004). We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalu-nya for institutional support.