August 2007

The following is a monthly list of selected journal articles and reports on tobacco topics, with an emphasis on Canadian authors and research.  Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. We try to choose titles of interest to our tobacco control network, but we realize that there are many relevant articles that are not listed.

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Advertising, Point-of-Sale 

Pollay RW.
More than meets the eye: On the importance of retail cigarette merchandising. Tobacco Control, 2007 Aug;16(4):270-274. – pdf full text

Cessation

Cheong Y, Yong HH, Borland R.
Does how you quit affect success? A comparison between abrupt and gradual methods using data from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2007 Aug;9(8):801-810.

Cessation – Counseling

Stevenson J, Snider J, Kaiserman MJ. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Smoking-cessation advice from health-care providers ¾ Canada, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2007 July 20;56(28):708-712. – full text

O’Loughlin J, Makni H, Tremblay M, Karp I.
Gender differences among general practitioners in smoking cessation counseling practices. Preventive Medicine, 2007 June 21; [Epub ahead of print].

Van Spall HG, Chong A, Tu JV.
Inpatient smoking-cessation counseling and all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal, 2007 August;154(2):213-220.

Cigarette Smoke - Analysis

King B, Borland R, Fowles J.
Mainstream smoke emissions of Australian and Canadian cigarettes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2007 August;9(8):835-844.

Cigarettes – Packaging

Freeman B, Chapman S, Rimmer M.
The Case for Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products. Sydney, AU: School of Public Health, University of Sydney, 2007. – pdf full text

Health Effects

Wong PK, Christie JJ, Wark JD.
The effects of smoking on bone health. Clinical Science, 2007 Sep;113(5):233-241.

Yauk CL, Berndt L, Williams A, Rowan-Carroll A, Douglas GR, Stampfli MR.
Mainstream tobacco smoke causes paternal germ-line DNA mutation. Cancer Research, 2007 Jun;67(11):5103-5106.
 

Mortality – Canada

Baliunas D, Patra J, Rehm J, Popova S, Kaiserman M, Taylor B.
Smoking-attributable mortality and expected years of life lost in Canada 2002: Conclusions for prevention and policy. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 2007;27(4):154-162. – pdf full text
 

Nicotine Dependence

Shram MJ, Funk D, Li ZX, Lê AD.
Acute nicotine enhances c-fos mRNA expression differentially in reward-related substrates of adolescent and adult rat brain. Neuroscience Letters, 2007 May;418(3):286-291.

Pregnancy

Zamakhshary M, Yanchar NL.
Complicated gastroschisis and maternal smoking: A causal association? Pediatric Surgery International, 2007 July 6; [Epub ahead of print].

Secondhand Smoke – Biomarkers

Florescu A, Ferrence R, Einarson TR, Selby P, Kramer M, Woodruff S, et al.
Reference values for hair cotinine as a biomarker of active and passive smoking in women of reproductive age, pregnant women, children, and neonates: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 2007 Aug;29(4):437-446.
 

Secondhand Smoke - Legislation

Bauer U, Juster H, Hyland A, Farrelly M, Engelen M, Weitzenkamp D, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Reduced secondhand smoke exposure after implementation of a comprehensive statewide smoking ban - New York, June 26, 2003-June 30, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2007 July 20;56(28):705-708. – full text

Shields M.
Smoking bans: Influence on smoking prevalence. Health Reports, 2007 August;18(3):9-24. – pdf full text

Smokeless Tobacco

Hecht SS, Carmella SG, Murphy SE, Riley WT, Le C, Luo X, et al.
Similar exposure to a tobacco-specific carcinogen in smokeless tobacco users and cigarette smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 2007 August;16(8):1567-1572.

Smoking Behaviour - Measurement

O’Connor RJ, Kozlowski LT, Hammond D, Vance TT, Stitt JP, Cummings KM.
Digital image analysis of cigarette filter staining to estimate smoke exposure. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2007 August;9(8):865-871.
 

Tobacco Control – Systems Approach

National Cancer Institute. Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 18. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. Pub. No. 06-6085, April 2007. – pdf full text

Tobacco Farmers

Schmitt SM, Schmitt J, Kouimintzis DJ, Kirch W.
Health risks in tobacco farm workers: A review of the literature. Journal of Public Health, 2007 Aug;15(4):255-264.

Women 

Warsh CK, Tinkler P.
In Vogue: North American and British representations of women smokers in Vogue, 1920s-1960s. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, 2007;24(1):9-47.

Women – Cessation 

Prapavessis H, Cameron L, Baldi JC, Robinson S, Borrie K, Harper T, et al.
The effects of exercise and nicotine replacement therapy on smoking rates in women. Addictive Behaviors, 2007 Jul;32(7):1416-1432.

Youth 

Fidler JA, West R, Van Jaarsveld CH, Jarvis MJ, Wardle J.
Does smoking in adolescence affect body mass index, waist or height? Findings from a longitudinal study. Addiction, 2007 July 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Pausova ZP, Abrahamowicz T, Almerigi M, Arbour J, Bernard N, et al.Genes, maternal smoking, and the offspring brain and body during adolescence: Design of the Saguenay Youth Study. Human Brain Mapping, 2007 Jun;28(6):502-518.

 

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