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Background: Many smokers report attempting to quit each year, yet most relapse, in part due to exposure to smoking-related cues. It is hypothesized that extinction of the cue-drug association could be facilitated through random nicotine delivery (RND ...
Jessica M. Yingst +15 more
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Pharmacological Treatment for Pregnant Women who Smoke Cigarettes
Smoking has been associated with several concerns in pregnancy including miscarriage, preterm delivery and stillbirth. Unfortunately, approximately 12% of the pregnant population continue to smoke cigarettes, suggesting a need for additional therapy ...
BC Chan, G Koren
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Smoking cessation strategies: An in-depth analysis of nicotine replacement therapy and alternatives
Introduction and purpose: The primary objective of this literature review is to thoroughly investigate the topic of nicotine replacement therapy, considering the latest discoveries and detailing various forms of available nicotine substitution ...
Łukasz Mrozek +8 more
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Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy [PDF]
Is probably safer than smoking Smoking harms unborn children. It increases the risk of growth restriction, preterm birth, miscarriage, and perinatal death,1 2 but despite this over a quarter of pregnant women in the United Kingdom smoke.3 Pregnancy motivates a minority to stop for at least part of the pregnancy, but most start again after giving ...
Tim, Coleman +2 more
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Introduction Tobacco hazard is one of the most serious public health problems, accounting for up to 6 million deaths worldwide p.a. We aim to determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and/or nicotine replacement therapy on smoking cessation ...
Qingsheng Wang +8 more
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Serum nicotine level among various tobacco users: A study
Introduction: The use of tobacco and its products has increased in the population over the past two decades, resulting in considerable systemic exposure to nicotine. Aims and Objectives: To estimate and compare the serum nicotine levels among smokers and
Dayanandam Mala +5 more
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Insights into the pathogenesis of nicotine addiction. Could a salivary biosensor be useful in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)? [PDF]
Nicotine has gained the attention of the medical community due to its insidious addictive mechanisms which lead to chronic consumption. The multitude of compounds derived from tobacco smoke have local and systemic negative impacts, resulting in a large ...
Alexescu, Teodora G +13 more
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Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]
BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen +5 more
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The demand for nicotine replacement therapies [PDF]
This paper reports on the first econometric study to examine the determinants of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) demand. Pooled cross-sectional time-series scanner-based data for 50 major metropolitan markets in the United States covering the period between the second quarter 1996 and the third quarter 1999 are used in the analysis.
John A. Tauras, Frank J. Chaloupka
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Objectives: Several smoking cessation treatments (nicotine replacement therapy and non-nicotine prescription medication) and electronic cigarettes are widely used.
Yumi Motooka +10 more
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