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Predictors of successful short-term tobacco cessation in UK resident female Bangladeshi tobacco chewers

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

Cognitive and subjective effects of mephedrone and factors influencing use of a new legal high’

ABSTRACT Aims  Use of the stimulant drug mephedrone increased dramatically in 2009, and it is still available in the United Kingdom after being controlled in April 2010. This study aimed to assess mephedrone’s acute cognitive and subjective effects. Design  A mixed within- and between-subjects design compared 20 mephedrone users, first while intoxicated (T1) and secondly drug free (T2); and 20 controls twice when drug free (T1 and T2)

Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to cardiovascular disease patients in England

Abstract Aims: In November 2005 the indications for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) were broadened in the United Kingdom, making all forms available to patients with stable cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study aimed to estimate the effects of this change on prescribing of NRT to CVD patients in England. Design: Segmented regression analysis of time series of monthly rates of prescribing of NRT

Topiramate for the treatment of methamphetamine addiction: a multi-center placebo-controlled trial

Abstract Aims: Topiramate has shown efficacy at facilitating abstinence from alcohol and cocaine abuse.

Federal Circuit Court Denies RJR Request for Rehearing of Decision in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX – News) has announced that the company is pleased to report that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today denied RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company’s (RJR) petition for a rehearing of Star’s appeal of its patent infringement lawsuit against RJR. On August 26 , the Federal Circuit Court issued a ruling on Star’s appeal of the June, 2009 jury verdict in that lawsuit

Leading Alcohol Researchers To Discuss Alcohol’s Effects On Gene Functions

Leading alcohol researchers from the United States and Canada will discuss their latest findings at an all-day meeting Nov. 18 at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Study Examines Racial And Ethnic Variations In Substance-Related Disorders Among Adolescents

Substance use is widespread among adolescents in the United States, particularly among those of Native American, white, Hispanic and multiple race/ethnicity, and these groups are also disproportionally affected by substance-related disorders, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals…

Association Between Alcohol And Cancer Mortality

A paper from the National Institutes of Health in the United States has evaluated the separate and combined effects of the frequency of alcohol consumption and the average quantity of alcohol drunk per occasion and how that relates to mortality risk from individual cancers as well as all cancers…

How much unsuccessful quitting activity is going on among adult smokers? Data from the International Tobacco Control 4-Country cohort survey

Abstract Aims To accurately document the amount of quitting, length of quit attempts, and prevalence of plans and serious thought about quitting among smokers.

Determining the Relative Importance of the Mechanisms of Behavior Change within Alcoholics Anonymous: A Multiple Mediator Analysis

ABSTRACT Aims : Evidence indicates AA participation reduces relapse risk but less is known about the mechanisms through which AA confers this benefit.