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Nicotine Dependence Among Smokers Using Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test

open access: yesInternational Dental Journal, 2023
Aim or Purpose: While formulating tobacco cessation strategies, it is important that the dependence of tobacco among the target population be established.
Prof Krishna Prasad Lingamaneni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
core   +1 more source

Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Nicotine Pharmacology and Dependence. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Tobacco dependence is a leading cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. Nicotine, the main psychoactive component in tobacco cigarettes, has also been garnering increased popularity in its vaporized form, as derived from e-cigarette devices ...
A Ashoor   +146 more
core   +1 more source

Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among conflict-affected men in the Republic of Georgia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: There is very little evidence globally on tobacco use and nicotine dependence among civilian populations affected by armed conflict, despite key vulnerability factors related to elevated mental disorders and socio-economic stressors.
Chikovani, Ivdity   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

The effect of a clinical decision support system on prompting an intervention for risky alcohol use in a primary care smoking cessation program: a cluster randomized trial

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2019
Background Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) may promote practitioner adherence to evidence-based guidelines. This study examined if the addition of a CDSS influenced practitioner delivery of a brief intervention with treatment-seeking smokers ...
Nadia Minian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized dosing of nicotine replacement therapy versus standard dosing for the treatment of individuals with tobacco dependence: study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 2020
Background Medications for smoking cessation are currently only effective in helping a minority of smokers quit. Drug development is slow and expensive; as such, there is much interest in optimizing the effectiveness of existing treatments and ...
Laurie Zawertailo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predisposing and protective factors influencing suicide ideation, attempt, and death in patients accessing substance use treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background The lifetime risk of suicide in patients with substance use disorder is five to ten times the risk in the general population. Critically, up to 19% of patients continue to think about and attempt suicide even after accessing treatment ...
S. Espinet   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measure nicotine dependence by the fagerström test for nicotine dependence [PDF]

open access: yesRGO - Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia, 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the level of nicotine dependence of smokers in a university dental clinic in southern Brazil using the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence and identify those who would like to quit smoking. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out with 93 Dental School patients, who underwent a face-to-face interview with four ...
WEBER, Caroline Francieli   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Levels of nicotine dependency and its association with challenges to quit smoking among adult smokers in Malaysia 2021

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Psychiatry, 2022
Background: The nicotine dependency is related to many factors in terms of sociodemographic and smoking practices. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the levels of nicotine dependency among adult smokers in Malaysia and to identify the ...
Thin Mon Kyaw   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biochemical and genetic biomarkers associated with nicotine dependence in Mexican smokers

open access: yesPharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2023
Cigarette smoking remains an important health concern and is still a leading cause of preventable mortality. Nicotine is the substance responsible for sustained tobacco use and dependence.
Gissela Borrego‐Soto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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