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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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Neurophysiology of Nicotine Addiction [PDF]

Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 2012
Tobacco use is a major health problem, and nicotine is the main addictive component. Nicotine binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) to produce its initial effects. The nAChRs subtypes are composed of five subunits that can form in numerous combinations with varied functional and pharmacological characteristics.
John A, Dani, Daniel, Jenson, John I, Broussard, Mariella, De Biasi   +3 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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Nicotine Addiction [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 1999
Nicotine maintains tobacco addiction. Nicotine acts on nicotinic cholinergic receptors, which demonstrate diversity in subunit structure, function, and distribution in the nervous system, mediating the multiple actions of nicotine described in tobacco users.
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Cocreation of a conversational agent to help patients adhere to their varenicline treatment: A study protocol

Digital Health, 2023
Objective Varenicline is the most efficacious approved smoking cessation medication, making it one of the most cost-effective clinical interventions for reducing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Adhering to varenicline is strongly associated with
Nadia Minian, Kamna Mehra, Jonathan Rose, Scott Veldhuizen, Laurie Zawertailo, Matt Ratto, Julia Lecce, Peter Selby   +7 more
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