February 2009

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.

Alcohol Use

Le AD, Lo S, Harding S, Juzytsch W, Marinelli PW, Funk D.
Coadministration of intravenous nicotine and oral alcohol in rats. Psychopharmacology 2010 Feb;208(3):475-486.

Le Strat Y, Ramoz N, Gorwood P.
In alcohol-dependent drinkers, what does the presence of nicotine dependence tell us about psychiatric and addictive disorders comorbidity? Alcohol and Alcoholism 2010 Mar-Apr;45(2):167-172.

Cessation

Chapman S, MacKenzie R.
The global research neglect of unassisted smoking cessation: Causes and consequences. PloS Medicine  2010 Feb;7(2):e1000216. – full text

Eisenberg M, Blum LM, Filion KB, Rinfret S, Pilote L, Paradis G, et al.
The efficacy of smoking cessation therapies in cardiac patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2010 Feb;26(2):73-79.

Rigotti NA, Pipe AL, Benowitz NL, Arteaga C, Garza D, Tonstad S.
Efficacy and safety of varenicline for smoking cessation in patients with cardiovascular disease: A randomized trial. Circulation 2010 Jan 19;121(2):221-229.

Constructions Workers

Claessen H, Arndt V, Drath C, Brenner H.
Smoking habits and occupational disability: A cohort of 14,483 construction workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010 Feb;67(2):84.90.

Fathers

Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Kelly MT, Greaves L, Johnson JL, Ponic P, et al.
Men’s business, women’s work: Gender influences and father’s smoking. Sociology of Health and Illness 2010 Feb 12 [Epub ahead of print].

Health Professionals – Cessation Training

Victor JC, Brewster JM, Ferrence R, Ashley MJ, Cohen JE, Selby P.
Tobacco-related medical education and physician interventions with parents who smoke: Survey of Canadian family physicians and pediatricians. Canadian Family Physician 2010 Feb;56(2):157-163. – pdf full text.

Hospitalization

Wilkins K, Shields M, Rotermann M.
Smokers’ use of acute care hospitals: A prospective study. Health Reports 2009 Dec;20(4):75-83. – pdf full text.

Immigrant Population

O’Loughlin J, Maximova K, Fraser K, Gray-Donald K.
Does the “healthy immigrant effect” extend to smoking in immigrant children? Journal of Adolescent Health 2010 Mar;46(3):299-301.

Older People

Cataldo JK, Prochaska JJ, Glantz SA.
Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease: An analysis controlling for tobacco industry affiliation. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2010;19(2):465-480.

Gopinath B, Flood VM, McMahon CM, Burlutsky G, Smith W, Mitchell P.
The effects of smoking and alcohol consumption on age-related hearing loss: The Blue Mountains Hearing Study. Ear and Hearing 2010 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print].

Pregnancy

Okoli CT, Greaves L, Botorff JL, Marcellus LM.
Health care providers’ engagement in smoking cessation with pregnant women. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 2010 Jan/Feb;39(1):64-77.

Secondhand Smoke – Automobiles

Hitchman SC, Fong GT, Borland R, Hyland A.
Predictors of smoking in cars with nonsmokers: Findings from the 2007 wave of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey. Nicotine and Tobacco Research  2010 Feb 15 [Epub ahead of print].

Secondhand Smoke – Exposure

Chiu YH, Hart JE, Spiegelman D, Garshick E, Smith TJ, Dockery DW, et al.
Workplace secondhand smoke exposure in the U.S. trucking industry. Environmental Health Perspectives 2010 Feb;118(2):216-221.

Secondhand Smoke – Health Effects

Leung CC, Lam TH, Ho KS, Yew WW, Tam CM, Chan WM, et al.
Passive smoking and tuberculosis. Archives of Internal Medicine  2010 Feb 8;170(3):287-292.

Smokeless Tobacco

Rogers JD, Biener L, Clark PI.
Test marketing of new smokeless tobacco products in four US cities. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2010 Jan;12(1):69-72.

Smolkowski K, Danaher BG, Seeley JR, Kosty DB, Severson HH.
Modeling missing binary outcome data in a successful web-based smokeless tobacco cessation program. Addiction  2010 Feb 8 [Epub ahead of print].

Thirdhand Smoke

Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Pankow JF, Peyton J, Singer BC, Destaillats H.
Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards. PNAS  2010 Feb 8 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text.

Trend Analysis – Canada

Health Canada
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS): 2009 Wave 1: Survey Results.Published online, February 2009.

Withdrawal

Barrett SP.
The effects of nicotine, denicotinized tobacco, and nicotine-containing tobacco on cigarette craving, withdrawal, and self-administration in male and female smokers. Behavioral Pharmacology 2010 Feb 17 [Epub ahead of print].

Young Adults

Halperin AC, Smith SS, Hellingenstein E, Brown D, Fleming MF.
Cigarette smoking and associated health risks among students at five universities. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2010 Feb;12(2):96-104.

Nichter M, Nichter M, Carkoglu A, Lloyd-Richardson E.
Smoking and drinking among college students: “It’s a package deal”. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2010 Jan 1;106(1):16-20.

Primack BA, Fertman CI, Rice KR, Adachi-Mejia AM, Fine MJ.
Waterpipe and cigarette smoking among college athletes in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health 2010 Jan;46(1):45-51.

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