August 2010

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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The Canadian flag denotes a Canadian author and/or Canadian content.

Advertising, Point-of-Sale

Henriksen L, Schleicher NC, Feighery EC, Fortmann SP.
A  longitudinal study of exposure to retail cigarette advertising and smoking initiation. Pediatrics 2010 Aug;126(2):232-238. – pdf full text.

Cessation

Ontario Medical Advisory Secretariat.
Population-Based Smoking Cessation Strategies: A Summary of a Select Group of Evidence- Based Reviews. Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series. Volume 10, Number 1. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, January 2010. – full text.

Selby P, van Mierlo T, Voci SC, Parent D, Cunningham JA.
Online social and professional support for smokers trying to quit: An exploration of first time posts from 2,562 members. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2010 Aug 18;12(3):e34. – full text.

Cessation – Alternative Methods

Sood A, Ebbert JO, Prasad K, Croghan IT, Bauer B, Schroeder DR.
A randomized clinical trial of St. John’s Wort for smoking cessation. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2010 Jul;16(7):761-767. – pdf full text.

Cessation – Intention to Quit

Cunningham JA, Selby PL.
Future intentions regarding quitting and reducing cigarette use in a representative sample of Canadian daily smokers: Implications for public health initiatives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2010 Jul;7(7):2896-2902. – pdf full text.

Cessation – Psychiatric Patients

Griffiths M, Kidd SA, Pike S, Chan J.
The Tobacco Addiction Recovery Program: Initial outcome findings. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing  2010 Aug;24(4):239-246.

Tonstad S, Els C.
Varenicline: Smoking cessation in patients with medical and psychiatric comorbidity. Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics 2010;2:681-695. – pdf full text.

Cigarettes – Fire-Safe

O’Connor RJ, Fix BV, Hammond D, Giovino GA, Hyland A, Fong GT, et al.
The impact of reduced ignition propensity cigarette regulation on smoking behaviour in a cohort of Ontario smokers. Injury Prevention 2010 Jul 19 [Epub ahead of print].

Hookah Smoking

Raad D, Gaddam S, Schunemann HJ, Irani J, Abou Jaoude P, Honeine R, et al.
Effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking on lung function: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chest 2010 Jul 29 [Epub ahead of print].

Motion Pictures

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Smoking in top-grossing movies — United States, 1991–2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2010 Aug 20;59(32):1014-1017. – full text.

Pregnancy

Azar R, Paquette D, Stewart DE.
Prenatal tobacco exposure and cortisol levels in infants of teen mothers. Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2010 Aug 13 [Epub ahead of print].

Secondhand Smoke – Exposure

Brenner DR, Hung RJ, Tsao MS, Shepherd FA, Johnston MR, Narod S, et al.
Lung cancer risk in never-smokers: A population-based case-control study of epidemiologic risk factors. BMC Cancer 2010 Jun 14;10:285. – full text.

Strulovici-Barel Y, Omberg L, O’Mahony M, Gordon C, Hollmann C, Tilley AE et al.
Threshold of biologic responses of the small airway epithelium to low levels of tobacco smoke. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2010 Aug 6 [Epub ahead of print].

Smokeless Tobacco

Ebbert JO, Edmonds A, Luo XH, Jensen J, Hatsukami DK.
Smokeless tobacco reduction with the  nicotine lozenge and behavioral intervention. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2010 Aug;12(8):823-827.

Yatsuya H, Folsom AR, for the ARIC Investigators.
Risk of incident cardiovascular disease among users of smokeless tobacco in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2010 Aug 5 [Epub ahead of print].

Special Populations – Homeless

Baggett TP, Rigotti NA.
Cigarette smoking and advice to quit in a national sample of homeless adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2010 Aug;39(2):164-172.

Special Populations – Psychiatric Patients

Novak G, Zai CC, Mirkhani M, Shaikh S, Vincent JB, Meltzer H, et al.
Replicated association of the NR4A3 gene with smoking behavior in schizophrenia and in bipolar disorder. Genes, Brain, and Behavior 2010 Jul 24 [Epub ahead of print].

Survey Methodology

Nagelhout GE, Willemsen MC, Thompson ME, Fong GT, van den Putte B, de Vries H.
Is web interviewing a good alternative to telephone interviewing? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey. BMC Public Health 2010 Jun 18;10:351. – full text.

Trend Analysis – United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Any tobacco use in 13 states — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2010 Aug 6;59(30):946-950. – full text

Schoenborn CA, Adams PF.
Health behaviors of adults: United States, 2005-2007. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey  2010 Mar;245:1-132. – pdf full text.

Youth

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tobacco use among middle and high school students — United States, 2000–2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2010 Aug 27;59(33):1063-1068. – full text

Chaiton M, Cohen J, O’Loughlin J, Rehm J.
Use of cigarettes to improve affect and depressive symptoms in a longitudinal study of adolescents. Addictive Behaviors 2010 Jul 23 [Epub ahead of print].

Ennet ST, Foshee VA, Bauman KE, Hussong A, Faris R, Hipp JR, et al.
A social contextual analysis of youth cigarette smoking development. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2010 Aug 5 [Epub ahead of print].

Moodie C, MacKintosh AM, Hammond D.
Adolescents’ response to text-only tobacco health warnings: Results from the 2008 UK Youth Tobacco Policy Survey. European Journal of Public Health 2010 Aug;20(4):463-469.

Watts AW, Lovato CY, Card A, Manske SR.
Do students’ perceptions of school smoking policies influence where students smoke? Canada’s Youth Smoking Survey. Cancer Causes and Control 2010 Aug 12 [Epub ahead of print].

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