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Relapse to smoking during unaided cessation: clinical, cognitive and motivational predictors [PDF]

, 2010
Rationale: Neurobiological models of addiction suggest that abnormalities of brain reward circuitry distort salience attribution and inhibitory control processes, which in turn contribute to high relapse rates.
Jane Powell, John Powell, Powell, Jane, Powell, John, Lynne Dawkins, Alan Pickering, West, Robert, Robert West, Dawkins, Lynne, Powell, John; id_orcid, Powell, Jane H., Pickering, Alan, Powell, J.H., Powell, J.F., Pickering, A., West, R., Dawkins, L.   +16 more
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Associations of cannabis use, tobacco use and co‐use with brain volume: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide and is often co‐used with tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death. Although cannabis and tobacco have distinct neurobiological actions, their associations with brain volumes are unclear.
Katherine Sawyer, Tom P. Freeman, Martine Skumlien, Esther Walton, Thomas Lancaster, Jorien L. Treur, Valentina Lorenzetti, Anna K. M. Blackwell, Chloe Burke, Richie J. Carr, Constantinos Constantinides, Maisie Cox, Sarah Dance, Shadi Daryan, Sorcha Hamilton, Tom Jenkins, Gemma M. J. Taylor   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum cotinine by socioeconomic status and exposure to second hand smoke in a national sample of South Africans

, 2018
Background Cotinine is a widely-used biomarker of exposure to tobacco for both active and second-hand smoke (SHS). Given South Africa's tobacco control laws restricting smoking in public places in the last decade, we assessed the prevalence and extent ...
Ronel Sewpaul, Rachana Desai, Priscilla Reddy   +2 more
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Determinants of serum cotinine and hair cotinine as biomarkers of childhood secondhand smoke exposure [PDF]

, 2010
Understanding the determinants of childhood secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is important in measuring and preventing exposure to this widespread environmental contaminant. We evaluated the ability of a broad set of factors to explain variability in serum
Hornung, Richard W, Bernert, John T, Hammond, S Katherine, Lanphear, Bruce P, Braun, Joe M, Kalkbrenner, Amy E   +5 more
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A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: the correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weight

Environmental Health, 2010
Background The evaluation of infant meconium as a cumulative matrix of prenatal toxicant exposure requires comparison to established biomarkers of prenatal exposure.
Braun Joe M, Daniels Julie L, Poole Charles, Olshan Andrew F, Hornung Richard, Bernert John T, Xia Yang, Bearer Cynthia, Barr Dana, Lanphear Bruce P   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Nuclear DNA Methylation Across Clinical and Non‐Clinical Preconception Cohorts

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number is an emerging marker of male fertility, with elevated mtDNAcn associated with poor semen quality across various populations. Sperm DNA methylation has also been previously demonstrated to be negatively correlated with semen parameters in IVF cohorts.
Savni Sawant, Karolina Nowak, Amanda L. Paskavitz, Emily Houle, Ricardo P. Bertolla, Lidia Minguez‐Alarcon, Russ Hauser, J. Richard Pilsner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case for a Pregnancy‐Specific Nicotine Policy

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims We aimed to evaluate the proposition that nicotine delivery by any means during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus and infant, review national policies on nicotine use in pregnancy across four high‐income countries and propose a coherent pregnancy‐specific nicotine policy framework.
Edwin A. Mitchell, Stephanie Cowan, Barry J. Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systemic, Lifestyle and Environmental Modifying Factors in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
A variety of impacting factors in the pathogenesis of periodontitis exist, including systemic, lifestyle, and environmental factors. This review highlights the manifold mechanistic aspects of the link between the pathogenesis of periodontitis, addressing these numerous factors to supplement the long‐standing knowledge of the progression of the disease.
Sabine Elisabeth Groeger, Yuxi Zhou, Jiawen Yong, Lei Wang, Sabine Ruf, Joerg Meyle   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum cotinine and prognosis in breast cancer

, 2012
Various studies have suggested that women who smoke have a worse prognosis if they develop breast cancer. Cotinine levels have been measured in sera from 511 patients with stage I and II breast cancer diagnosed between 1975 and 1980, all of whom had ...
Agbaje, O., Johnson, L., Fentiman, I. S., Doig, M.   +3 more
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Supplementary Material for: Interaction between serum cotinine, magnesium intake with childhood asthma: a cross-sectional study

, 2023
Introduction: Serum cotinine and magnesium intake are often associated with childhood asthma. This study evaluated the interaction between serum cotinine, magnesium intake with childhood asthma.
Zheng K. (5999387), Cao J. (3333513), Wang Z. (2888096), Liu M. (4150441), Huang Y. (3358466)   +4 more
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