Associations between cigarette smoking and cannabis dependence: A longitudinal study of young cannabis users in the United Kingdom

Highlights • We studied the extent that cigarette smoking predicts level of cannabis addiction. • We tested whether cigarette smoking mediates the effect of cannabis use on dependence. • We interviewed 298 cannabis and tobacco users, of which 65 were followed up. • Cigarette smoking accounted for 29...

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Published in:	Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 148; pp. 165 - 171
Main Authors:	Hindocha, Chandni, Shaban, Natacha D.C, Freeman, Tom P, Das, Ravi K, Gale, Grace, Schafer, Grainne, Falconer, Caroline J, Morgan, Celia J.A, Curran, H. Valerie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01-03-2015 Elsevier
Subjects:	Addiction Adolescent Cannabis Co-morbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Dependence Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Longitudinal Longitudinal Studies Male Marijuana Abuse - diagnosis Marijuana Abuse - epidemiology Marijuana Abuse - psychology Psychiatry Smoking - epidemiology Smoking - psychology Tobacco United Kingdom United Kingdom - epidemiology Young Adult Cannabis Tobacco Longitudinal Addiction Dependence United Kingdom Co-morbidity
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Summary:	Highlights • We studied the extent that cigarette smoking predicts level of cannabis addiction. • We tested whether cigarette smoking mediates the effect of cannabis use on dependence. • We interviewed 298 cannabis and tobacco users, of which 65 were followed up. • Cigarette smoking accounted for 29% of the variance in cannabis dependence. • Cigarette smoking mediated the relationship between cannabis use and dependence.
ISSN:	0376-8716 1879-0046
DOI:	10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.004