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Self-change among gamblers and cigarette smokers

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This chapter reviews studies of self-change among gamblers and cigarette smokers. As will be evident, the literature is much less advanced for these types of addictive behavior than are studies of self-change from abuse of alcohol and other drugs.

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  1. School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

    H. Klingemann

  2. Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    L. Sobell

  3. Medical Anthropology Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    J. Barker

  4. Research and Development (FoU), Social Services Administration, Stockholm, Sweden

    J. Blomqvist

  5. Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

    W. Cloud

  6. Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    T. Ellinstad

  7. Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    D. Finfgeld

  8. Department of Sociology, University of Denver, Denver, USA

    R. Granfield

  9. Addiction Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    D. Hodgins

  10. Institute for Scientific Analysis, Alameda, California, USA

    G. Hunt

  11. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    C. Junker

  12. Psychiatric Services, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    F. Moggi

  13. 27 West Lake Blvd., Morristown, New Jersey, USA

    S. Peele

  14. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    R. Smart

  15. Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    M. Sobell

  16. Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    J. Tucker

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Klingemann, H. et al. (2001). Self-change among gamblers and cigarette smokers. In: Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0922-5_5

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