January 2008

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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Canada – Trend Analysis

Health Canada.
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS): Summary of Results of the First Half of 2007 (February-June). Ottawa: Health Canada, January 2008.

Canadians – Health Status

Smith P, Frank J, Bondy S, Mustard C.
Do changes in job control predict difference in health status? Results from a longitudinal national survey of Canadians. Psychosomatic Medicine 2008 Jan;70(1):85-91.

Cessation

Messer K, Trinidad DR, Al-Delaimy WK, Pierce JP.
Smoking cessation rates in the United States: A comparison of young adult and older smokers. American Journal of Public Health 2008 Jan 2 [Epub ahead of print].

Zaki A, Abrishami A, Wong J, Chung FF.
Interventions in the preoperative clinic for long term smoking cessation: A quantitative systematic review. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2008 Jan;55(1):11-21.

Exercise

Kaczynski AT, Manske SR, Mannell RC, Grewal K.
Smoking and physical activity: A systematic review. American Journal of Health Behavior 2008 Jan-Feb;32(1):93-110. – pdf full text.

Health Effects

Maleki-Yazdi MR, Lewczuk CK, Haddon JM, Choudry N, Ryan N.
Early detection and impaired quality of life in COPD GOLD stage 0: A pilot study. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Disease  2007 Dec;4(4):313-320.

Meyer F, Bairati I, Fortin A, Gélinas M, Nabid A, Brochet F, et al.
Interaction between antioxidant vitamin supplementation and cigarette smoking during radiation therapy in relation to long-term effects on recurrence and mortality: A randomized trial among head and neck cancer patients. International Journal of Cancer 2007 Dec 4 [Epub ahead of print].

Mian MF, Lauzon NM, Stämpfli MR, Mossman KL, Ashkar AA.
Impairment of human NK cell cytotoxic activity and cytokine release by cigarette smoke. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 2007 Nov 30 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text.

Pregnancy

Levitt C, Shaw E, Wong S, Kaczorowski J; The McMaster University Postpartum Research Group.
Systematic review of the literature on postpartum care: Effectiveness of interventions for smoking relapse prevention, cessation, and reduction in postpartum women. BIRTH 2007 Dec;34(4):341-347.

Tamim H, Yunis KA, Chemaitelly H, Alameh M, Nassar AH, for the National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network Beirut, Lebanon.
Effect of narghile and cigarette smoking on newborn birthweight. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2008 Jan;115(1):91-97.

School Prevention Programs

Dobbins M, DeCorby K, Manske S, Goldblatt E.
Effective practices for school-based tobacco use prevention. Preventive Medicine 2007 Oct 18 [Epub ahead of print].

Special Populations – Hearing Impaired

Berman BA, Streja L, Bernaards CA, Eckhardt EA, Kleiger HB, Maucere L, et al.
Do deaf and hard of hearing youth need antitobacco education? American Annals of the Deaf 2007 Summer;152(3):344-355.

Special Populations – Schizophrenics

George TP, Vessicchio JC, Sacco KA, Weinberger AH, Dudas MM, Allen TM, et al.
A placebo-controlled trial of bupropion combined with nicotine patch for smoking cessation in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2007 Dec 19 [Epub ahead of print].

Voineskos S, De Luca V, Mensah A, Vincent JB, Potapova N, Kennedy JL.
Association of α4β2 nicotinic receptor and heavy smoking in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 2007Nov;32(6):412-416. – pdf full text.

Tobacco Industry

McDaniel PA, Intinarelli G, Malone RE.
Tobacco industry issues management organisations: Creating a global corporate network to undermine public health. Globalization and Health 2008 Jan 17;4(1):2 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text.

Tobacco Smoke – Chemistry

Moir D, Rickert WS, Levasseur G, Larose Y, Maertens R, White P, et al.
A comparison of mainstream and sidestream marijuana and tobacco cigarette smoke produced under two machine smoking conditions. Chemistry Research in Toxicology 2007 Dec 7 [Epub ahead of print].

Mortaz E, Redegeld FA, Sarir H, Karimi K, Raats D, Nijkamp FP, et al.
Cigarette smoke stimulates the production of chemokines in mast cells. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 2007 Dec 21 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text.

Withdrawal

Allen SS, Bade T, Hatsukami D, Center B.
Craving, withdrawal, and smoking urges on days immediately prior to smoking relapse. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2008 Jan;10(1):35-45.

Knott V, Cosgrove M, Villeneuve C, Fisher D, Millar A, McIntosh J.
EEG correlates of imagery-induced cigarette craving in male and female smokers. Addictive Behaviors 2007 Nov 17 [Epub ahead of print].

Women – Health Effects

Greaves LJ, Richardson LA.
Tobacco use, women, gender, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Are the connections being made? Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2007 Dec;4(8):675-679. – pdf full text.

Youth

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Global youth tobacco surveillance, 2000-2007. Surveillance Summaries, January 25, 2008. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2008;57(SS-1). – pdf full text.

Youth – Canada

Chen W, Bottorff JL, Johnson JL, Saewyc EM, Zumbo BD.
Susceptibility to smoking among white and chinese nonsmoking adolescents in Canada. Public Health Nursing 2008 Jan-Feb;25(1):18-27.

Leatherdale ST, Hammond D, Ahmed R.
Alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use patterns among youth in Canada. Cancer Causes and Control 2007 Dec 6 [epub ahead of print].

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