July 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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British Columbia – Mental Health and Addictions 

BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.
Theme issue on tobacco. Visions: BC’s Mental Health and Addictions Journal, 2007 Spring;3(4).

Canada – Policy Issues

Lavack AM, Clark G.
Responding to the global tobacco industry: Canada and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.  Canadian Public Administration, 2007 Spring;50(1):100-119.
 

Canada – Trend Analysis

Health Canada.
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS): 2006. Ottawa, Health Canada, 2007.

Cessation

Millett C, Gray J, Saxena S, Netuveli G, Majeed A.
Impact of a pay-for-performance incentive on support for smoking cessation and on smoking prevalence among people with diabetes. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007 June 5;176(12):1705-1710. PDF full text.

Cigarette Warning Labels

Thrasher JF, Hammond D, Fong GT, Arillo-Santillán E.
Smokers’ reactions to cigarette package warnings with graphic imagery and with only text: A comparison between Mexico and Canada. Salud Pública de México, 2007;49(Suppl 2):S233-S240.  PDF full text

Motion Pictures

Dal Cin S, Gibson B, Zanna MP, Shumate R, Fong GT.
Smoking in movies, implicit associations of smoking with the self, and intentions to smoke. Psychological Science, 2007 July;18(7):559-563.
 

Nicotine Dependence

DiFranza JR, Savageau JA, Fletcher K, O’Loughlin J, Pbert L, Ockene JK, et al.
Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: The Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2007 July;161(7):704-710. PDF full text
 

Donny EC, Dierker LC.
The absence of DSM-IV nicotine dependence in moderate-to-heavy daily smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2007 June;89(1):93-96. 

Secondhand Smoke

Okoli CT, Hall LA, Rayens MK, Hahn EJ.
Measuring tobacco smoke exposure among smoking and nonsmoking bar and restaurant workers. Biological Research for Nursing, 2007 July;9(1):81-89.

Hyland A, Higbee C, Hassan L, Fong GT, Borland R, Cummings KM, et al.
Does smoke-free Ireland have more smoking inside the home and less in pubs than the United Kingdom? Findings from the international tobacco control policy evaluation project. European Journal of Public Health, 2007 Jun 20; [Epub ahead of print].

Smokeless Tobacco – Harm Reduction

Gartner CE, Hall WD, Chapman S, Freeman B.
Should the health community promote smokeless tobacco (snus) as a harm reduction measure? PloS Medicine, 2007 July;4(7). PDF full text

Tobacco Control Policies – Smokers’ Attitudes

Young D, Borland R, Siahpush M, Hastings G, Fong GT, Cummings KM.
Australian smokers support stronger regulatory controls on tobacco: Findings from the ITC Four-Country Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2007 April;31(2):164-169.
 

Tobacco Control Research

Morgan GD, Backinger CL, Leischow SJ.
The future of tobacco-control research. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 2007 June 1;16(6):1077-1080.

Women

Ben-Zaken Cohen S, Paré PD, Man SF, Sin DD.
The growing burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer in women: Examining sex differences in cigarette smoke metabolism. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2007 July 15;176(2):113-120.

Young Adults

Bader P, Travis HE, Skinner HA.
Knowledge synthesis of smoking cessation among employed and unemployed young adults. American Journal of Public Health, 2007 June 28; [Epub ahead of print].
 

Cunningham JA, Selby PL.
Implications of the normative fallacy in young adult smokers aged 19-24 years. American Journal of Public Health, 2007 June 28; [Epub ahead of print].
 

Youth – Health Behaviour

Larson NI, Story M, Perry CL, Neumark-Sztainer D, Hannan PJ.
Are diet and physical activity patterns related to cigarette smoking in adolescents? Findings from Project EAT. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2007 July;4(3).  PDF full text
 

Youth – Ontario

Georgiades K, Boyle MH.
Adolescent tobacco and cannabis use: Young adult outcomes from the Ontario Child Health Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007 July;48(7):724-731.
 

Leatherdale ST, Ahmed R, Lovato C, Manske S, Jolin MA.
Heterogeneity among adolescent non-daily smokers: Implications for research and practice. Substance Use and Misuse, 2007 42(5):837-851.
 

Youth – United States 

Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE.
Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2006. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2007.