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Orthosteric and Allosteric Ligands of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for Smoking Cessation.

Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

Mohamed TS, Jayakar SS, Hamouda AK.
PMID: 26635524
Front Mol Neurosci. 2015 Nov 25;8:71. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00071. eCollection 2015.

Nicotine addiction, the result of tobacco use, leads to over six million premature deaths world-wide per year, a number that is expected to increase by a third within the next two decades. While more than half of smokers want...

Nicotine Elicits Convulsive Seizures by Activating Amygdalar Neurons.

Frontiers in pharmacology

Iha HA, Kunisawa N, Shimizu S, Tokudome K, Mukai T, Kinboshi M, Ikeda A, Ito H, Serikawa T, Ohno Y.
PMID: 28232801
Front Pharmacol. 2017 Feb 09;8:57. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00057. eCollection 2017.

Nicotinic acetylcholine (nACh) receptors are implicated in the pathogenesis of epileptic disorders; however, the mechanisms of nACh receptors in seizure generation remain unknown. Here, we performed behavioral and immunohistochemical studies in mice and rats to clarify the mechanisms underlying...

The influence of occupational stress factors on nicotine dependence among students of health and nonhealth care professional colleges.

Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association

Chopra A, Lakhanpal M, Gupta N, Suri V, Kaur G, Bhudhiraja S.
PMID: 26778887
Niger Med J. 2015 Sep-Oct;56(5):349-52. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.170391.

OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between perceived job stress measured using Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) scale and nicotine dependence using Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) scale among students of health and nonhealth care professional colleges.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive...

The Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Smoking Cessation for Male College Students.

Western journal of nursing research

Lee S, Park H.
PMID: 27432347
West J Nurs Res. 2017 Mar;39(3):374-387. doi: 10.1177/0193945916660080. Epub 2016 Jul 20.

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure for smoking cessation on male college students. The experimental group ( n = 27) received auricular acupressure on specific acupoints for smoking cessation, whereas the control...

Acta medica Lituanica

Aleknaitė A, Andrijauskaitė M, Latauskienė J, Andrejevaitė V.
PMID: 28356791
Acta Med Litu. 2016;23(1):43-53. doi: 10.6001/actamedica.v23i1.3269.

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES A NEW WAY TO QUIT SMOKING OR A NEW THREAT?: The use of e-cigarettes in adults and adolescents has increased since 2010. Most e-cigarette users are cigarette smokers. A majority of e-cigarette users perceive them to be...

Smoking in schizophrenic patients: A critique of the self-medication hypothesis.

World journal of psychiatry

Manzella F, Maloney SE, Taylor GT.
PMID: 25815253
World J Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 22;5(1):35-46. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i1.35.

A common remark among laypeople, and notably also among mental health workers, is that individuals with mental illnesses use drugs as self-medication to allay clinical symptoms and the side effects of drug treatments. Roots of the self-medication concept in...

Psychopharmacology of Tobacco and Alcohol Comorbidity: a Review of Current Evidence.

Current addiction reports

Adams S.
PMID: 28357192
Curr Addict Rep. 2017;4(1):25-34. doi: 10.1007/s40429-017-0129-z. Epub 2017 Feb 18.

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: Comorbidity of alcohol and tobacco use is highly prevalent and may exacerbate the health effects of either substance alone. However, the mechanisms underlying this comorbidity are not well understood. This review will examine the evidence...

Physician tobacco screening and advice to quit among U.S. adolescents - National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2013.

Tobacco induced diseases

Collins L, Smiley SL, Moore RA, Graham AL, Villanti AC.
PMID: 28077940
Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Jan 10;15:2. doi: 10.1186/s12971-016-0107-6. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Initiating tobacco use in adolescence increases the risk of nicotine dependence and continued smoking. Physician screening for tobacco use increases the odds of physicians intervening with patients who smoke; However, without appropriate follow-through by the physician, screening for...

Morphological and chemical characteristics of doubled haploids of flue-cured tobacco combining resistance to Thielaviopsis basicola and TSWV.

Breeding science

Trojak-Goluch A, Laskowska D, Kursa K.
PMID: 27162500
Breed Sci. 2016 Mar;66(2):293-9. doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.66.293. Epub 2016 Mar 01.

Thielaviopsis basicola and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) are the most important problems in a moderate climate zone. Previously obtained doubled haploids (DH) of F1 hybrids of the flue-cured line WGL3 resistant to Th. basicola and the dark-cured line...

Learning From Our Failures in Smoking Cessation Research.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Niaura R.
PMID: 28655172
Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Aug 01;19(8):889-890. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx150.

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Comparing Motivational Interviewing-Based Treatment and its combination with Nicotine Replacement Therapy on smoking cessation in prisoners: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Electronic physician

Jalali F, Afshari R, Babaei A, Abasspour H, Vahedian-Shahroodi M.
PMID: 26516436
Electron Physician. 2015 Oct 19;7(6):1318-24. doi: 10.14661/1318. eCollection 2015 Oct.

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of smoking is much higher in prisoners than it is in the general population. Prisoners who smoke cause many health problems for themselves and other prisoners. Therefore, we should help them stop smoking.OBJECTIVE: To compare the...

Maternal smoking in pregnancy and its influence on childhood asthma.

ERJ open research

Zacharasiewicz A.
PMID: 27730206
ERJ Open Res. 2016 Jul 29;2(3). doi: 10.1183/23120541.00042-2016. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Maternal smoking in pregnancy (MSP) is a large modifiable risk factor for pregnancy related mortality and morbidity and also the most important known modifiable risk factor for asthma. This review summarises the effects of MSP throughout infancy, childhood and...

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