Smoking tobacco along with marijuana increases symptoms of cannabis dependence

Ream, Geoffrey L.; Benoit, Ellen; Johnson, Bruce D.; Dunlap, Eloise

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.01.011

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“…This result was consistent with our first hypothesis, a), which supposed that the severity of polydrug dependence is most common with SPU rather than with non/occasional SPU. This result replicated those reported for alcohol and cannabis co-use [13][14][15], tobacco and cannabis co-use [16,17], and alcohol and tobacco co-use [18,19], even these results did not specifically focused on SPU.…”

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“…Others studies have shown that simultaneous use of tobacco and cannabis increased the risk of cannabis abuse and dependence [16,17]. Studies dealing with alcohol and tobacco co-use have shown that current smoking status predicts alcohol dependence [18,19], but these studies did not focus specifically on simultaneous use of alcohol and tobacco.…”

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Simultaneous use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis in Relation to Severity of Substance Dependence: A Study among Young Swiss Men

Baggio¹

2014

J Addict Res Ther

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Objective: This study investigated patterns of the simultaneous use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among young polydrug users, and whether use of one substance might be a cue for use of another and associations with the severity of substance dependence. Methods:The study focused on 3 subsamples from the ongoing Swiss Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (C-SURF, N=5,990). It used 12 months of data on alcohol/tobacco co-users, alcohol/cannabis co-users and tobacco/cannabis co-users (N=2,660, 1,755 and 1,460 respectively. Simultaneous use, numbers of symptoms of substance dependence, and hazardous use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis were assessed. The effect of simultaneous polydrug use (SPU) on the numbers of symptoms of substance dependence was tested using analysis of variance.Results: Polydrug use was most common as SPU, and less common as non/occasional SPU. Moreover, when participants started to use one substance while using another, the severity of substance dependence was more strongly associated with the triggered substance than with cue. Conclusions:This study highlights the necessity to take SPU into account. First, SPU rather than separate drug use was the most common pattern for polydrug users. Second, frequent SPU was associated with increased numbers of symptoms of substance dependence compared to non/occasional SPU. Furthermore, SPU may reveal the severity of substance use dependence, when substance use is triggered by a cue substance. For these reasons, SPU should be a serious cause for concern for prevention and intervention purposes.

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Simultaneous use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis in Relation to Severity of Substance Dependence: A Study among Young Swiss Men

Baggio¹

2014

J Addict Res Ther

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“…The use of other routes of administration such as smoke-free vaporisers have the potential of reducing the harmful effects the smoke poses to the user as well as reducing tobacco consumption 74 . This may be particularly important as tobacco increases the addictive potential of cannabis [75][76][77] . Furthermore, tobacco use may be an independent risk factor for psychosis 78 , as well as modifying the risk from cannabis use 79 .…”

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Can we make cannabis safer?

Englund

Freeman

Murray

et al. 2017

The Lancet Psychiatry

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“…Specifically in regard to cigarette smoking, this is a concern, as concurrent use of marijuana and tobacco is associated with increased symptoms of cannabis dependence [34]. Additionally, both cigarette and marijuana smoke contain carcinogenic compounds [35], which could result in increased health risks.…”

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Personality characteristics and health risk behaviors associated with current marijuana use among college students

Berg¹,

Buchanan²,

Grimsley³

et al. 2011

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Objective: Marijuana is a prevalent substance used among young adults and has serious psychosocial and health-related consequences. Thus, identifying factors associated with marijuana use is critical. The current study aimed to examine personality factors and health risk behaviors associated with marijuana use. Methods: We administered an online survey to six colleges in the Southeast. Overall, we recruited 24,055 college students, yielding 4840 responses (

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Smoking tobacco along with marijuana increases symptoms of cannabis dependence

Abstract: Using tobacco with marijuana - smoking blunts and "chasing" marijuana with tobacco - contributes to cannabis dependence symptoms. Treatment for cannabis dependence may be more effective it addresses the issue of concurrent tobacco use.

Cited by 161 publications

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Simultaneous use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis in Relation to Severity of Substance Dependence: A Study among Young Swiss Men

Simultaneous use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis in Relation to Severity of Substance Dependence: A Study among Young Swiss Men

Can we make cannabis safer?

Personality characteristics and health risk behaviors associated with current marijuana use among college students

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