Leas, Eric C Benmarhnia, Tarik Strong, David R Pierce, John P
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Tobacco control
To estimate the effect of menthol use and transitions in use (switching to or from menthol) on short-term and long-term cessation from cigarette smoking and whether this differed across demographic groups (age, sex, race). We compared the probability of 30+ day and 12-month abstinence from cigarette smoking by menthol use status using two cohorts o...
Bateman, Jordan T Saunders, Sandy E Levitt, Erica S
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British journal of pharmacology
Respiratory depression is the proximal cause of death in opioid overdose, yet the mechanisms underlying this potentially fatal outcome are not well understood. The goal of this review is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacological mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression, which could lead to improved therapeutic optio...
Jerlhag, Elisabet
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is often described as repeated phases of binge drinking, compulsive alcohol-taking, craving for alcohol during withdrawal, and drinking with an aim to a reduce the negative consequences. Although multifaceted, alcohol-induced reward is one aspect influencing the former three of these. The neurobiological mechanisms regula...
Winkler, Markus H. Li, Yonghui Pauli, Paul Mühlberger, Andreas
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Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Rationale: Social factors are considered important for the initiation and maintenance of drug abuse. Virtual reality (VR) research on cue reactivity and exposure frequently incorporates social stimuli as part of complex drug-intake scenarios. Attempts are rarely made to dissect the impact of the different components and their interactive effects. T...
Zhao, Sheng Zhi Wu, Yongda Cheung, Derek Yee Tak Luk, Tzu Tsun Weng, Xue Tong, Henry Sau Chai Lai, Vienna Chan, Sophia Siu Chee Lam, Tai Hing Wang, Man Ping
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Tobacco control
To examine the trends in the prevalence of hardening indicators and hardened smokers in Hong Kong, where the low smoking prevalence has plateaued in the recent decade. This is an analysis of repeated cross-sectional data from 9 territory-wide smoking cessation campaigns conducted annually from 2009 to 2018 (except 2011). Participants were 9837 bioc...
Azemi, Ferid Avdyli, Merita Bytyqi, Vilard
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Frontiers in Psychology
This study focuses on understanding the experiences of family members of problem gamblers in the United Kingdom and the gambling consequences in their lives. Family members of problem gamblers, even though they suffer from gambling consequences, the impacts of gambling are under-researched. Qualitative research through in-depth interviews was emplo...
Gülü, Mehmet Yagin, Fatma Hilal Gocer, Ishak Yapici, Hakan Ayyildiz, Erdem Clemente, Filipe Manuel Ardigò, Luca Paolo Zadeh, Ali Khosravi Prieto-González, Pablo Nobari, Hadi
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Frontiers in Psychology
Primary study aim was defining prevalence of obesity, physical activity levels, digital game addiction level in adolescents, to investigate gender differences, relationships between outcomes. Second aim was predicting game addiction based on anthropometric measurements, physical activity levels. Cross-sectional study design was implemented. Partici...
Trevisan, Nicolò Di Camillo, Fabio Ghiotto, Niccolò Cattarinussi, Giulia Sala, Maddalena Sambataro, Fabio
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Addiction biology
Cocaine use is a worldwide health problem with psychiatric, somatic and socioeconomic complications, being the second most widely used illicit drug in the world. Despite several structural neuroimaging studies, the alterations in cortical morphology associated with cocaine use and addiction are still poorly understood. In this study, we compared th...
Birinci, Tansu Van Der Veer, Pınar Mutlu, Caner Mutlu, Ebru Kaya
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Evaluation & the health professions
The Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS) was originally developed in English to determine the cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral impacts of smartphones. This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the SIS instrument into Turkish and investigate its psychometric properties. Two hundred and sixty-four young and middle-aged adults (186...
Mattioni, Julia Vansteene, Clément Poupon, Daphnee Gorwood, Philip Ramoz, Nicolas
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Addiction biology
Dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) and ankyrin repeat and kinase domain-containing protein 1 (ANKK1) genes have received considerable attention for their involvement in alcohol use disorder (AUD), but many questions remain on their exact role. We conducted a population-based case-control and genetic association study in a large sample of young adults. Our...
