Table 3 Tobacco Treatment Commitment Scale (TTCS) ratings among SUD peer recovery coaches by coaches smoking status

Factor 1. “Tobacco is less harmful than other drugs”

 Tobacco is less harmful than other SUDs, M (SD)

3.7 (1.1)

4.2 (0.80)

2.6 (0.98)

< 0.001

 Tobacco causes few problems for my recoverees, M (SD)

3.4 (1.1)

3.7 (0.91)

2.9 (1.2)

0.08

Factor 2. “It’s not our job to treat tobacco”

 Treating tobacco dependence should be part of the mission of SUD treatment programs, M (SD)

2.9 (1.1)

2.9 (1.18)

3.0 (1.15)

0.89

 SUD treatment programs should not treat tobacco because it isn’t what clients are in treatment for, M (SD)

3.2 (1.1)

3.2 (1.1)

3.1 (1.1)

0.91

Factor 3. “Tobacco treatment will harm clients”

 Treating tobacco dependence will interfere with a recoveree’s other SUD recovery, M (SD)

3.3 (1.1)

3.6 (1.0)

2.7 (1.3)

0.08

 Smoking helps recoverees cope with the stress in their lives, M (SD)

2.4 (0.79)

2.4 (0.84)

2.3 (0.76)

0.85

 It’s unfair to take recoverees tobacco away from them, M (SD)

2.1 (0.99)

2.3 (1.0)

1.9 (1.1)

0.37