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Nicotine Addiction and Impulsive Behaviour: Disentangling the Relationship [PDF]

, 2007
Drug addiction can now be considered a global epidemic with considerable psychological, physical, social and economicc osts. Substantial research remains focused upon furthering our understating of the disorder, for which current treatments are limited ...
Kolokotroni, Katerina Zoe
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Vaccines against Vice: A constructive technology assessment of immunotherapies for addiction [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis examines the development of active immunotherapies or ‘vaccines’ for drug addiction, within the framework of constructive technology assessment.
Hobbs, Abbi
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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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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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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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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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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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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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