September 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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Canada – Health Surveys 

Schmitz N, Kruse J, Kugler J.
Smoking and its association with disability in chronic conditions: Results from the Canadian Community and Health Survey 2.1. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2007 Sept;9(9):959-964.

Cessation

Reid RD, Pipe AL, Quinlan B, Oda J.
Interactive voice response telephony to promote smoking cessation in patients with heart disease: A pilot study. Patient Education and Counseling 2007 Jun;66(3):319-326.

Cessation – Genetic Aspects

Lee AM, Jepson C, Hoffmann E, Epstein L, Hawk LW, Lerman C, Tyndale R.
CYP2B6 genotype alters abstinence rates in a bupropion smoking cessation trial. Biological Psychiatry 2007 Sept;62(6):635-641.

Wright AJ, Aveyard P, Guo B, Murphy M, Brown K, Marteau TM.
Is attributing smoking to genetic causes associated with a reduced probability of quit attempt success? A cohort study. Addiction 2007 Oct;102(10):1657-1664.

Health Effects

Baliunas D, Patra J, Rehm J, Popova S, Taylor B.
Smoking-attributable morbidity: Acute care hospital diagnoses and days of treatment in Canada, 2002. BMC Public Health 2007 Sept 18;7(1):247 [Epub ahead of print]. – pdf full text.

Chari R, Lonergan KM, Ng RT, MacAulay C, Lam WL, Lam S.
Effect of active smoking on the human bronchial epithelium transcriptome. BMC Genomics 2007;8:297. – pdf full text

Jones-Burton C, Seliger SL, Scherer RW, Mishra SI, Vessal G,  Brown J, et al.
Cigarette smoking and incident chronic kidney disease: A systematic review. American Journal of Nephrology 2007;27(4):342-351.

Motion Pictures

Sargent JD, Stoolmiller M, Worth KA, Dal Cin S, Wills TA, Gibbons FX, et al.
Exposure to smoking depictions in movies: Its association with established adolescent smoking. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007 Sept;161(9):849-856.

Nicotine Metabolism

Knott VJ, Fisher DJ.
Naltrexone alteration of the nicotine-induced EEG and mood activation response in tobacco-deprived cigarette smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2007 Aug;15(4):368-381.
 

Pregnancy

Ruger JP, Emmons KM.
Economic evaluations of smoking cessation and relapse prevention programs for pregnant women: A systematic review. Value in Health 2007 Sept 13; [Epub ahead of print].

Sidle EH, Casselman R, Smith GN.
Effect of cigarette smoke on placental antioxidant enzyme expression. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 2007 Aug;293(2):R754-R758.
 

Secondhand Smoke

Akhtar PC, Currie DB, Currie CE, Haw SJ.
Changes in child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (CHETS) study after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: National cross sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2007 Sept 10; [Epub ahead of print] – pdf full text

Liem JJ, Kozyrskyj AL, Benoit CM, Becker AB.
Asthma is not enough: Continuation of smoking among parents with an asthmatic child. Canadian Respiratory Journal 2007 Sept;14(6):349-353.

Ott W, Klepeis N, Switzer P.
Air change rates of motor vehicles and in-vehicle pollutant concentrations from secondhand smoke. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2007 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print].

Smoking Behaviour

O’Connor RJ, Bauer JE, Giovino GA, Hammond D, Hyland A, Fong GT, et al.
Prevalence of behaviors related to cigarette-caused fires: A survey of Ontario smokers. Injury Prevention 2007 Aug;13(4):237-242.

Special Populations - LGBTQ

Gruskin EP, Greenwood GL, Matevia M, Pollack LM, Bye LL, Albright V.
Cigar and smokeless tobacco use in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2007 Sept;9(9):937-940.

Survey Methodology

Klein JD, Thomas RK, Sutter EJ.
Self-reported smoking in online surveys: Prevalence estimate validity and item format effects. Medical Care 2007 Jul;45(7):691-695.

Tobacco Product Regulation

World Health Organization. The Scientific Basis of Tobacco Product Regulation: Report of a WHO Study Group. Who Technical Report Series no. 945. Geneva, SZ: WHO, 2007. – pdf full text.

Trend Analysis – United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults and quitting among persons ages 18-35 years: United States, 2006. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2007 Sept 28;56(38):993-996.

Youth

Barnett TA, Gauvin L, Lambert M, O’Loughlin J, Paradis G, McGrath JJ.
The influence of school smoking policies on student tobacco use. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007 Sept;161(9):842-848. – pdf full text

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. Substance Abuse in Canada: Youth in Focus. Ottawa: CCSA, 2007. – pdf full text

Chaiton MO, Zhang B.
Environment modifies the association between depression symptoms and smoking among adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2007 Sept;21(3):420-424.

Leatherdale ST.
What modifiable factors are associated with cessation intentions among smoking youth? Addictive Behaviors 2007 Sept 8; [Epub ahead of print]..

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