Thursday, February 2, 2012
Abstract Aims: Cannabis and tobacco use and misuse frequently co-occur. This review examines the epidemiological evidence supporting the lifetime co-occurrence of cannabis and tobacco use and outlines the mechanisms that link these drugs to each other. Mechanisms include (a) shared genetic factors; (b) shared environmental influences, including (c) route of administration (via smoking), (d) co-administration and (e) models of co-use
Also filed in Evidence Base, cannabis
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Tagged epidemiological, genetic-factors, lifetime, mechanisms, potential, public-health, review, some-mechanisms, sustained, the-mechanisms, their-sustained, tobacco
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Abstract Aims: The study aims to estimate the prevalence of drug use by pregnant women living in Ibiza, using structured interviews and biomarkers in maternal hair In addition, the potential detrimental effects of maternal drug abuse on their newborns were investigated. Ibiza has a large international night-life resort associated with clubs, music and use of recreational drugs
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Tagged among-pregnant, analysis-showed, hospital, ibiza, last-trimester, maternal-hair, mediterranean, metabolites, newborns, potential, questionnaires, tobacco-smoking
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Nicotine is a nitrogen-containing chemical – an alkaloid, which is made by several types of plants, including the tobacco plant. Nicotine is also produced synthetically. Nicotiana tabacum, the type of nicotine found in tobacco plants, comes from the nightshade family
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Star Scientific Inc, a maker of smokeless and dissolvable tobacco products, said a federal court referred its patent infringement case with a unit of Reynolds American Inc to a magistrate judge for possible settlement. The news sent Star Scientific’s shares up as much as 39 percent in afternoon trade on the Nasdaq.
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Tagged afternoon-trade, chairman-paul, companies, companies-were, court, curing-methods, dispute, litigation, magistrate, parties, process, scientific, tobacco
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
In response to the recent letter defending smokeless tobacco use (“All tobacco products are not equally harmful,” Jan. 24), the risk of tobacco trumps all others. Fifty cigarettes a day increases the risk of end-stage lung disease and lung cancer 150-fold
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Your recent editorial endorsed a tax increase on tobacco products other than cigarettes, but it was based on some sweeping statements that are not scientifically accurate or credible (“The ‘other’ tobacco tax,” Jan 20).
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Unfortunately, harm reduction approaches have yet to be widely accepted for those addicted to cigarettes. A new study by the American Cancer Society illustrates the depth of this addiction and the difficulty some smokers face even when a diagnosis of cancer makes it imperative that they quit. One woman, a smoker whose cancerous lung was removed, explained in an MSNBC interview the draw of cigarettes despite the litany of cessation methods she tried.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Abstract Aims: to identify predictors of short-term smokeless tobacco cessation in Bangladeshi women resident in the United Kingdom (UK). Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: a tobacco cessation service offering culturally tailored smokeless tobacco cessation support
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Hazardous alcohol use and depression are among the 10 leading causes of disability and premature death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Many low- to middle-income countries have begun to see a steady increase in alcohol use and have entered the early stages of a tobacco epidemic…