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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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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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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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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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Andrographolide and Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Lower the Risk of Addiction Induced by Nicotine and Cigarette Smoke Extract (CSE) in Mice [PDF]

Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Background: Nicotine, a psychoactive compound from the tobacco plant, produces a reward effect that potentially causes addiction. It is postulated that nicotine addiction occurs through increased reactive oxygen species production in nucleus accumbens ...
Samirah Samirah, Kurnia Indrayanti, Ahmad Dzulfikri Nurhan, Vida Softyana, Nadya Ratri Pradipta, Chrismawan Ardianto, Yulistiani Yulistiani, Mahardian Rahmadi   +7 more
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E-cigarette prevalence among Malaysian adults and types and flavors of e-cigarette products used by cigarette smokers who vape: Findings from the 2020 ITC Malaysia Survey

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2022
Introduction E-cigarettes (ECs) have become increasingly common in many countries, including Malaysia. The prevalence of EC use increased in Malaysia from 0.8% in 2011 to 4.9% in 2019.
Pete Driezen, Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin, Farizah Mohd Hairi, 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   +13 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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Effect of COVID-19 on smoking cessation outcomes in a large primary care treatment programme: an observational study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has changed patterns of smoking, other substance use and other health-related behaviours, leading to a virtualisation of non-urgent medical care.
Scott Veldhuizen, Benjamin Wong, Laurie Zawertailo, Peter Selby   +3 more
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Pathways and networks-based analysis of candidate genes associated with nicotine addiction. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco and it has a broad impact on both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Over the past decades, an increasing number of genes potentially involved in nicotine addiction have been identified by different
Meng Liu, Rui Fan, Xinhua Liu, Feng Cheng, Ju Wang   +4 more
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