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Biogenesis of Nicotine [PDF]

Nature, 1953
FOLLOWING the demonstration that the amino-acid tryptophane can readily be converted by barley plants into the alkaloid gramine1, the study of the biogenesis of alkaloids carried on here has included investigations into the possibility that nicotine may arise from tryptophane in a manner similar to the formation of nicotinic acid in animals and ...
K. Bowden
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Engaging a person with lived experience of mental illness in a collaborative care model feasibility study

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2021
Plain English summary Researchers have explored different types of treatment to help people with a mental illness with other problems they might be experiencing, such as their health condition and quality of life.
Lenka Vojtila, Iqra Ashfaq, Augustina Ampofo, Danielle Dawson, Peter Selby   +4 more
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Smoking Cessation Training and Treatment: Options for Cancer Centres

Current Oncology, 2022
Patients who achieve smoking cessation following a cancer diagnosis can experience an improvement in treatment response and lower morbidity and mortality compared to individuals who continue to smoke. It is therefore imperative for publicly funded cancer
Wayne K. deRuiter, Megan Barker, Alma Rahimi, Anna Ivanova, Laurie Zawertailo, Osnat C. Melamed, Peter Selby   +6 more
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Coordinating smoking cessation treatment with menstrual cycle phase to improve quit outcomes (MC-NRT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Background Women experience greater difficulty achieving smoking abstinence compared to men. Recent evidence suggests that hormonal fluctuations during different phases of the menstrual cycle can contribute to lower smoking abstinence rates following a ...
Laurie Zawertailo, Tina Kabir, Sabrina Voci, Elise Tanzini, Sophia Attwells, Liliana Malat, Scott Veldhuizen, Nadia Minian, Rosa Dragonetti, Osnat C. Melamed, Elad Mei-Dan, Peter Selby   +11 more
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The effectiveness of generic emails versus a remote knowledge broker to integrate mood management into a smoking cessation programme in team-based primary care: a cluster randomised trial

Implementation Science, 2021
Background Knowledge brokering is a knowledge translation approach that has been gaining popularity in Canada although the effectiveness is unknown.
Nadia Minian, Sheleza Ahad, Anna Ivanova, Scott Veldhuizen, Laurie Zawertailo, Arun Ravindran, Claire de Oliveira, Dolly Baliunas, Carol Mulder, Corneliu Bolbocean, Peter Selby   +10 more
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Clinical guidance for e-cigarette (vaping) cessation: Results from a modified Delphi panel approach

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
Individuals seek help to stop their use of e-cigarettes from their healthcare practitioners. However, there is a paucity of published work addressing e-cigarette cessation methods empirically, and what evidence that is available is weak.
Laurie Zawertailo, Erika Kouzoukas, Chantal Fougere, Rosa Dragonetti, Scott Veldhuizen, Peter Selby   +5 more
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Integrating a brief alcohol intervention with tobacco addiction treatment in primary care: qualitative study of health care practitioner perceptions

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2021
Background Randomized trials of complex interventions are increasingly including qualitative components to further understand factors that contribute to their success.
Nadia Minian, Aliya Noormohamed, Mathangee Lingam, Laurie Zawertailo, Bernard Le Foll, Jürgen Rehm, Norman Giesbrecht, Andriy V. Samokhvalov, Dolly Baliunas, Peter Selby   +9 more
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Perceptions of COVID-related risks among people who smoke: A mediation model

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic provides both reasons to quit smoking as well as stress that may promote increased cigarette consumption. Perceptions of COVID-19 risk related to smoking may motivate cessation among smokers.
Deanna M. Halliday, Anna E. Epperson, Mariaelena Gonzalez, Anna V. Song   +3 more
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Reasons for using e-cigarettes and support for e-cigarette regulations: Findings from the 2020 ITC Malaysia Survey

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2022
Introduction Malaysia has the largest e-cigarette (EC) market in Southeast Asia, and it has been estimated that 17% of adult daily cigarette smokers also used ECs on a daily basis in 2020.
Farizah Mohd Hairi, Kok Tiong Goh, Pete Driezen, Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin, Anne Yee, Nur Amani Ahmad Tajuddin, Siti Idayu Hasan, Mahmoud Danaee, Ina Sharyn Kamaludin, Susan C. Kaai, Mi Yan, Matthew Grey, Anne C. K. Quah, Mary E. Thompson, Geoffrey T. Fong   +14 more
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Co-designing Behavior Change Resources With Treatment-Seeking Smokers: Engagement Events' Findings

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Primary care organizations are well-suited to help patients change their unhealthy behaviors. Evidence shows that risk communication and self-monitoring of behavior are is an effective strategy practitioners can use to promote health behavior
Nadia Minian, Nadia Minian, Nadia Minian, Nadia Minian, Mathangee Lingam, Wayne K. deRuiter, Rosa Dragonetti, Rosa Dragonetti, Peter Selby, Peter Selby, Peter Selby, Peter Selby, Peter Selby   +12 more
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