Thursday, February 9, 2012
Abstract Aims: Examine the association of person-specific trajectories of withdrawal symptoms of urge-to-smoke, negative affect, physical symptoms, and hunger during the first 7 days after smoking cessation with abstinence at end of treatment (EOT) and 6 months. Design: Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) was used to model person-specific trajectory parameters (level, slope, curvature and volatility) for withdrawal symptoms. Setting: University-based smoking cessation trials.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged characteristic, clinical-trials, linear-modeling, negative-affect, nicotine-versus, over-the-first, predictive, receiver, seeking-smokers, self-reported, strongest, the-association, trajectory
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
ABSTRACT Aims This paper describes alcohol industry involvement in the 2010 annual conference proceedings of the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators (NCSLA) in the United States. Design The author attended the conference, observed conference attendees and panelists and identified key themes in the panel sessions. Setting The NCSLA Annual Meeting took place 20–24 June 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana
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).
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Journal of the American Medical Association put a dent in the arguments against Marijuana smoking today, with release of a new report showing casual pot smokers might even have stronger lungs than non smokers. Researchers say that there is good evidence that occasional marijuana use can cause an increase in lung airflow rates and lung volume…
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
A study from Rhode Island Hospital is the first to systematically review and analyze the literature on the association between HIV infection and overdose risk.
Addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder – such painful and harmful problems are recalcitrant to treatment. In the clinic, a person may suppress the association between the stimulus and the response – say, a bar with ashtrays and smoking – by learning to pair the stimulus with a new memory not involving smoking…
A well-done analysis by Chen WY et al, published in JAMA assesses the association of moderate alcohol consumption during adult life, drinking patterns, and breast cancer risk. The authors use prospectively collected data from the 105,986 women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study followed up from 1980 until 2008 with an early adult alcohol assessment and 8 follow ups…
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims: Depressive symptomatology can increase risk of development of alcohol problems in young people. Tension reduction and Family Interactional theories may explain the relationship between depression and problematic alcohol use in youth. This study addresses the nature of the longitudinal relationship between these two behaviours
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged alcohol-use, british, children, covariates-were, depressive, family, family-interactional, longitudinal, nature, relationship, study, these-relations, using-the-short
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Abstract Aims To investigate the association between early cannabis use and subclinical psychotic experiences, distinguishing between five levels of use: never used, discontinued use (lifetime users who did not use in the preceding year), experimental use, regular use and heavy use. Design cross-sectional observational study Setting Dutch Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, 2005 wave Participants 4552 secondary school children aged 12-16 years Measurements Cannabis Use, CAPE Positive Scale, confounding factors: age, gender, family affluence, household composition, social support, alcohol use, cigarette smoking, ethnicity and urbanicity. Findings The association between cannabis use and subclinical positive symptoms was confirmed, and remained significant after extensive adjustment for potential confounders
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis
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Also tagged 4552-secondary, after-extensive, discontinued, dutch-health, lifetime-users, positive-scale, preceding, social-support, the-association, the-preceding
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
A paper from Spain provides an extensive review of the association between alcohol consumption and body weight. Based on the fact that the energy content in 1 gram of alcohol is 29 kJ or 7.1 kcal, excessive alcohol consumption can lead to weight gain…