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Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Hazardous Drinking, Tobacco and Drug use in urban Tanzania, and Their associated Risk Factors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Evidence suggests substance abuse in Tanzania is a growing public health problem. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 in two urban sites of differing levels of poverty surveyed alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use.
Rachel Jenkins   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Pattern of Tobacco Use among Children and Adolescents with comorbid Psychiatric Illnesses

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Tobacco use is clearly harmful for mental as well as physical health especially among persons
I. Afridi
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco and smoking cessation

open access: yesTaiwanese Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
Background: Tobacco products have been used by human for a long history. The prevalence of tobacco use varies in different countries. Tobacco use is different from tobacco use disorder. Tobacco use disorder is a problematic pattern of tobacco use leading
Nan- Ying Chiu, Cheng- Ju Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Back-translating GWAS findings to animal models reveals a role for Hgfac and Slc39a8 in alcohol and nicotine consumption

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Alcohol and tobacco are the most commonly used addictive substances, with high comorbidity rates between alcohol use disorder and tobacco use disorder. Risk for alcohol and nicotine addiction is highly heritable, and they share common genetic factors.
F. K. El Banna   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between nicotine dependence and sleep quality in patients referred to a smoking cessation outpatient clinic: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction Nicotine addiction is one of the most common forms of dependence. It is shown to be associated with many chronic diseases that develop mostly through smoking.
Umran Ozden Sertcelik, Aysegul Karalezli
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotine dependence as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis in the National Lung Screening Trial

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background Atherosclerosis and COPD are systemic inflammatory diseases that share common risk factors including cigarette smoking. A high level of nicotine dependence is emerging as a recently identified risk factor for pulmonary impairment, chronic ...
Junjia Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three phosphatase families form a community: The phosphohydrolases that act upon inositol pyrophosphates

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Inositol pyrophosphates are energy‐rich signaling molecules that perform critical functions in cells. Three different families of phosphatases hydrolyze the β phosphate of the inositol pyrophosphate molecules: two have narrow specificities and one is promiscuous.
Ronda J. Rolfes
wiley   +1 more source

Level of tobacco dependence among tobacco users in an urban slum of Puducherry: A pilot study

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Context: Successful tobacco quit by the tobacco users can avoid millions of premature death. However, the physical dependence on tobacco use results in frequent relapse most commonly due to withdrawal symptoms.
Bijaya Nanda Naik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance use during pregnancy and risk of postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionPostpartum depression (PPD) is a prevalent mental health condition affecting women globally within the first year following childbirth. Substance use during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of developing PPD, but the ...
Malein Pacho   +31 more
doaj   +1 more source

CD47 promotes mitogen‐activated protein kinase and epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition molecular programs to drive prometastatic phenotypes in non‐small cell lung cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Beyond its role in immune evasion, this study identified that CD47 drives tumor‐intrinsic signaling in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Transcriptomic profiling and functional studies revealed that CD47 regulates cell adhesion, migration, and metastasis through an ERK–EMT signaling axis.
Asa P.Y. Lau   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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