with smokers drinking more alcohol than non-smokers (13-15), and heavy drinking being associated with heavy smoking (16). However, it is still unclear to what extent alcohol interventions affect non-targeted risk factors as smoking. To our knowledge the effect of intensive alcohol intervention in a surgical setting on other non-targeted lifestyle factors has not previously been investigated. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate whether the gold standard programme for alcohol cessation (GSP-A) induced smoking cessation, and also whether or not it had an effect on overweight status, risk of malnourishment and physical inactivity. Our hypothesis was that the GSP-A, targeting alcohol consumption, would result in a healthier lifestyle in general. The GSP-A has been proven effective on alcohol cessation in the setting of this study; 58% of the patients stopped drinking for 6 weeks in the GSP-A group vs. 13% in the control group (17).
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