Patient education programme First meeting (before admission) ◦ Level of motivation, ambivalence, pros and cons Second meeting (after 1 week) ◦ Dependence, withdrawal symptoms (experience and expectations) Third meeting (after 2 weeks) ◦ Relapse (description and management) Fourth meeting (after 3 weeks) ◦ Benefits of short- and long-term smoking and/or alcohol abstinence Fifth meeting (after 5 weeks) ◦ Continued smoking abstinence and/or reduced alcohol intake following intervention |
At each meeting: Smokers: personalised Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) in accordance with patient preferences and nicotine dependency Risky drinkers: thiamine and B vitamins (300 mg × 7 weekly) Alcohol withdrawal prophylaxis and treatment (chlordiazepoxide 10 mg as required) Disulfiram (200 mg × 2 weekly) supervised at weekly meetings (not administrated if patients test positive on breath test) All: haemoglobin, liver enzymes and alcohol biomarkers (blood, urine), carbon monoxide (CO) and alcohol breath test, lung function test |
The study medication is provided for free and transportation for the weekly meetings will be reimbursed. Patients have telephone access to the research nurse |