Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A new federal study is linking the ability to quit smoking with longer-term success from the grip of drug or alcohol addiction, as well.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday said that fresh data in its nearly 15-year-old ongoing PATH study with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suggesting that sustained remission from drug or alcohol addiction is more likely to be achieved if a person also quits cigarettes at the same time versus separately.
The PATH study, or Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, has been ongoing for more than a decade in an attempt to better understand the health effects of smoking.
"It underscores the importance of addressing different addictions together, rather than in isolation," Dr. Nora Volkow director of NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a statement.
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