July 2011

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. For other material please browse or search our library catalogue at http://library.otru.org.

Full text is available where indicated, otherwise, a fee may be required. All articles are added to our library catalogue.

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

Biomarkers – Cotinine

Yeh E, Levasseur G, Kaiserman MJ.
Evaluation of urinary cotinine immunoassay test strips used to assess smoking status. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2011 Jul 20 [Epub ahead of print].

Cessation

Free C, Knight R, Robertson S, Whittaker R, Edwards P, Zhou W, et al.
Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): A single-blind, randomised trial. Lancet 2011 Jul 2;378(9785):49-55. – pdf full text

Okoli CT, Torchalla I, Oliffe JL, Bottorff JL.
Men’s smoking cessation interventions: A brief review. Journal of Men’s Health 2011 May;8(2):100-108.

Provan KG, Beagles JE, Leischow SJ.
Network formation, governance, and evolution in public health: The North American Quitline Consortium case. Health Care Management Review 2011 Jun 27 [Epub ahead of print].

Singh S, Loke YK, Spangler JG, Furberg CD.
Risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events associated with varenicline: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2011 Jul 4 [Epub ahead of print] – pdf full text

See related Commentary by Hays at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.110804.

Genetic Aspects

Carlsten C, Halperin A, Crouch J, Burke W.
Personalized medicine and tobacco-related health disparities: Is there a role for genetics? Annals of Family Medicine 2011 Jul-Aug;9(4):366-371. – pdf full text

Wassenaar CA, Dong Q, Wei Q, Amos CI, Spitz MR, Tyndale RF.
Relationship between CYP2A6 and CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 variation and smoking behaviors and lung cancer risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2011 Jul 11 [Epub ahead of print].

Health Effects – Prostate Cancer

Kenfield SA, Stampfer MJ, Chan JM, Giovannucci E.
Smoking and prostate cancer survival and recurrence. Journal of the American Medical Association  2011 Jun 22;305(24):2548-2555.

Health Effects – Sleep Disturbances

Okun ML, Levine MD, Houck P, Perkins KA, Marcus MD.
Subjective sleep disturbance during a smoking cessation program: Associations with relapse. Addictive Behaviors 2011 Aug;36(8):861-864.

Peters EN, Fucito LM, Novosad C, Toll BA, O’Malley SS.
Effect of night smoking, sleep disturbance, and their co-occurrence on smoking outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2011 Jun;25(2):312-319.

Health Professionals – Cessation Counseling

Oyston J.
The role of anesthesiologists in promoting smoking cessation. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2011 Jun 30 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text

Reid RD, Mullen KA, Pipe AL.
Systematic approaches to smoking cessation in the cardiac setting. Current Opinion in Cardiology 2011 Jul 1 [Epub ahead of print].

Mental Health – Schizophrenia

Wing VC, Bacher I, Sacco KA, George TP.
Neuropsychological performance in patients with schizophrenia and controls as a function of cigarette smoking status. Psychiatry Research 2011 Jun 11 [Epub ahead of print].

Motion Pictures

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Smoking in top-grossing movies — United States, 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2011, July 15;60(27):910-913. – full text.

Nicotine Dependence

Venugopalan VV, Casey KF, O’Hara C, O’Loughlin J, Benkelfat C, Fellows LK, et al.
Acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion reduces motivation to smoke cigarettes across stages of addiction. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011 Jul 20 [Epub ahead of print].

Relapse – Prevention

Rogojanski J, Vettese LC, Antony MM.
Role of sensitivity to anxiety symptoms in responsiveness to mindfulness versus suppression strategies for coping with smoking cravings. Journal of Clinical Psychology 2011 Apr;67(4):439-445.

Smoke-Free Legislation

Birckmayer J, Feighery E, Carmona M, Friend KB, Apelberg B, Hepp L.
Assessing Compliance with Smoke-Free Laws: A “How-To” Guide for Conducting Compliance Studies. Washington: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, March 2011. – pdf full text.

Nagelhout GE, Mons U, Allwright S, Guignard R, Beck F, Fong GT, et al.
Prevalence and predictors of smoking in “smoke-free” bars: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Europe Surveys. Social Science and Medicine 2011 May;72(10):1643-1651.

Tobacco Control

Satterlund TD, Cassady D, Treiber J, Lemp C.
Barriers to adopting and implementing local-level tobacco control policies. Journal of
Community Health 2011 Aug;36(4):616-623.

World Health Organization.
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011: Warning About the Dangers of Tobacco.Geneva, SZ: WHO, 2011.

Tobacco Control Research

Kira A, Glover M, Bullen C, Viehbeck S.
Publications as an indicator of increased tobacco control research productivity (quantity and quality) in New Zealand. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2011 Jun;13(6):474-478.

Youth – Access

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
FFY 2010 Annual Synar Reports: Youth Tobacco Sales.Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, 2011. – pdf full text.