Multiproxy analysis exploring patterns of diet and disease in dental calculus and skeletal remains from a 19th century Dutch population by Bartholdy, Bjørn Peare, Hasselstrøm, Jørgen B., Sørensen, Lambert K., Casna, Maia, Hoogland, Menno, Historisch Genootschap Beemster, Henry, Amanda G.

“…Nicotine and/or cotinine was present in 56% of individuals with at least one visible pipe notch. …”
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Assessing the Adherence of ChatGPT Chatbots to Public Health Guidelines for Smoking Cessation: Content Analysis by Lorien C Abroms, Artin Yousefi, Christina N Wysota, Tien-Chin Wu, David A Broniatowski

“…The least common was information about considering the use of non–nicotine replacement therapy prescription drugs (14.1%). …”
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The feasibility of a novel national quality improvement programme for tobacco dependency treatment pathways in acute UK hospitals by Robyn Fletcher, Alexander Hammant, Christina Moll, Miguel Souto, Sanjay Agrawal

“…Results: Results of the programme demonstrated improvements across the treatment pathway including screening for smoking status, rapid provision of nicotine replacement therapy to prevent nicotine withdrawal, referrals to inpatient tobacco dependency treatment teams and transfers of care to community services. …”
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Treatment of e-cigarette use among hospitalised adolescents and young adults: a protocol for intervention development and evaluation of preliminary efficacy and implementation outc... by Delwyn Catley, Kimber P Richter, Karen Wilson, Shelbie Wooten, Melissa K Miller, Abbey Masonbrink

“…We will assess self-reported demographics, e-cigarette use behaviours, nicotine dependence, motivation and confidence to quit at baseline and postintervention. …”
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Community knowledge of Australia’s national preventive health strategy focus areas: a nationally representative survey of 1509 adults by Amie Steel, Hope Foley, Jon Adams

“…Preventive health knowledge items about cancer screening and prevention were scored accurately by the most participants (85.2%), while the highest number of completely incorrect responses were immunisation (5.3%), alcohol intake (5%) and tobacco and nicotine addiction (4.9%). Participants who provided correct responses to both items about tobacco and nicotine addiction had decreased odds by of having accessed information about tobacco from a medical doctor (aOR 0.30), while those who answered items about immunisation correctly had lower odds of accessing information about immunisation from complementary medicine providers (aOR 0.30). …”
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Abnormal power and spindle wave activity during sleep in young smokers by Youwei Dong, Yongxin Cheng, Juan Wang, Zhiwei Ren, Yiming Lu, Kai Yuan, Kai Yuan, Fang Dong, Dahua Yu

“…This study aims to explore electroencephalography (EEG) power and sleep spindle activity during the sleep of young smokers, as well as to assess the relationship between sleep and smoking variables.MethodsWe collected overnight PSG data from 19 young smokers and 16 non-smokers and assessed nicotine dependence and cumulative effects using the Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test (FTND) and pack-year. …”
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Smoking and Health: A Physician Responsibility—A Statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health by Joint Committee on Smoking and Health

“…Although the addicting properties of nicotine can make cessation difficult, both medical interventions aimed at helping smokers quit and social policies aimed at control of cigarette smoking can have significant benefits. …”
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Identification of Critical Signature in Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Using Bioinformatics Analysis and in Vitro Analyses by Lifen Liu, Yang Liu, Rui Li, Yue Teng, Shuyang Zhao, Jinhong Chen, Changjiang Li, Xinyu Hu, Lin Sun

“…Notably enriched pathways included neuroactive ligand‐receptor interaction, mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, nicotine addiction, and dopaminergic synapse. The PPI network identified four hub genes, with key pathways associated with nicotine addiction and dopaminergic synapse. qRT‐PCR validation confirmed that the expression trends of these four genes were consistent with microarray data. …”
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Associations between Life’s Essential 8 and liver function: a cross-sectional study by Qiaoli Liang, Menglong Zou, Ziming Peng

“…BackgroundLife’s Essential 8 (LE8) score, developed by the American Heart Association, assesses cardiovascular health using eight components: diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, body mass index, lipids, blood glucose, and blood pressure. …”
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Functional and Structural Investigation of Myenteric Neurons in the Human Colon by Kristin Elfers, Alina Sophia Sehnert, Alexander Wagner, Ulrich Zwirner, Helena Linge, Ulf Kulik, Daniel Poehnert, Markus Winny, Benjamin Gundert, Heiko Aselmann, Gemma Mazzuoli-Weber

“…Results: Stimulation with nicotine and 5-HT elicited reproducible action potential discharge in a proportion of human myenteric neurons. …”
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Exercise and Physical Activity in the Therapy of Substance Use Disorders by Elisabeth Zschucke, Andreas Heinz, Andreas Ströhle

“…The present work reviews studies addressing the therapeutic effects of exercise in alcohol abuse/dependence, nicotine abuse/dependence, and illicit drug abuse/dependence. …”
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Critical Issues in an Unmotivated Patient with Alcohol Dependence by Nidhi Vadhavekar, Saloni Chatwani, Avinash Desousa, Hardik Sheth, Kavitha V. Dongerkery, Pradnya Deolekar

“…The patient’s AUD was characterized by cluster B personality disorder traits, and treatment involved a multidisciplinary approach (acamprosate, sertraline, nicotine replacement therapy, psychotherapy, and admission into a rehabilitation center). …”
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Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review by C O Egbe, C Dare, S Gwambe, C van Walbeek

“…Most were published in the South African Medical Journal, and three of the top international tobacco control journals: Tobacco Control, Nicotine and Tobacco Research and Tobacco Induced Diseases. …”
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Effectiveness of a Smoking Cessation Intervention for Methadone-Maintained Women: A Comparison of Pregnant and Parenting Women by Amber M. Holbrook, Karol A. Kaltenbach

“…For pregnant patients, lower levels of nicotine use prior to intervention and self-reported cigarette cravings predicted successful reduction in smoking. …”
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Vaping Epidemic in Pakistan: A Silently Emerging Public Health Concern by Farhan Muhammad Qureshi, Samira Faiz Bari, Syeda Sehrish Zehra

“…The VPs devices vaporise a controlled dose nicotine through a heating coil with a liquid chemical reservoir using lithium battery 2. …”
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Rates of Tobacco Use Disorder, Pharmacologic Treatment, and Associated Mental Health Disorders in a Medicaid Claim Review Among Youth in Indiana, USA by Corey McBrayer DO, FAAP, Fangqian Ouyang MS, Zachary Adams PhD, Leslie Hulvershorn MD, Matthew C. Aalsma PhD

“…A comorbid diagnosis of ADHD, cannabis use, and conduct disorder were more common in males (3.9% vs 1.3% in females; 3.4% vs .8%; and 2.8% vs .8%; P < .05). 808 scripts were provided to 152 of the 1232 youths, with 4.7% of those scripts a nicotine replacement product. Conclusions Pharmacotherapy is underutilized in this Medicaid claims data set. …”
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Vaping illusions: The hidden risks of E-cigarette use among young Filipinos and adolescents in Latin America by John Patrick C. Toledo

“…The findings suggest that e-cigarettes, particularly for minors, may prolong nicotine dependency without providing a true cessation pathway. …”
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Broad spectrum micronutrients: a potential key player to address emotional dysregulation by Amelia Villagomez, Michelle Cross, Noshene Ranjbar

“…In particular, outcomes associated with emotional regulation via BSMs across a variety of psychiatric illnesses (ADHD, autism, trauma, mood disorders, nicotine dependence, and psychosis) to date have been positive.…”
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E-Cigarette Use and Use of Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Methods Among American Indian Cigarette Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Ashley L. Comiford, DrPH, Dorothy A. Rhoades, MD, MPH, Justin D. Dvorak, PhD, Kai Ding, PhD, Noah Collins, Alexandra L. Blair, Mark P. Doescher, MD, MSPH

“…Conclusions: These results suggest that persons who use E-cigarettes are more likely than individuals who do not use E-cigarettes to previously have tried nicotine replacement therapy but less likely to use the cold turkey method. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…Patients were provided free nicotine replacement therapy for 4 weeks. Any additional medication deemed necessary for quitting was prescribed upon discharge. …”
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