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National Trends in Frequency and Amount of Nondaily Smoking, and Relation to Quit Attempts, 2000-2012
Conclusion:
Changes occurred in NDS frequency and amount from 2000 to 2012, suggesting that more granular classifications may be important for monitoring NDS patterns.
Implications:
From 2000 to 2012, low-cpd NDS (1–2 cpd) across moderate- (8–14 days) and high-frequency (15–29 days) groups increased in the United States, while moderate frequency–moderate cpd (8–14 days, 3–5 cpd) and high frequency–high cpd (15–29 days, ≥6 cpd) NDS declined. Demographic differences were found across NDS frequency–amount groups. Adjusting for demographics and year, the lowest frequenc...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Schauer, G. L., Malarcher, A. M., Mowery, P. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Inflammation, and Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis Among Smokers
Conclusion:
Control of blood pressure may be an important factor to limit atherosclerosis progression in smokers, besides support for smoking cessation.
Implications:
Among 260 smokers aged 40–70 years with a mean smoking duration of 32 years, baseline SBP was associated with atherosclerosis progression over 3 years, as measured by CIMT (P = .01 at 3 years), independently of smoking variables and other CVRFs. The higher the SBP at baseline, the steeper was the CIMT increase over 3-year follow-up. Our findings emphasize the importance of focusing not only on smoking cessation among smokers, but to simultaneously cont...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Zingg, S., Collet, T.-H., Locatelli, I., Nanchen, D., Depairon, M., Bovet, P., Cornuz, J., Rodondi, N. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Their Association With Smoking Outcome Expectancies Among Homeless Smokers in Boston
Conclusions:
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress are common among homeless smokers and strongly associated with positive smoking outcome expectancies. Tobacco cessation programs for this population should consider screening for PTSD and fostering a trauma-sensitive treatment environment.
Implications:
In this study of homeless cigarette smokers in Boston, over two-thirds of participants screened positive for PTSD. PTSD screen-positive respondents more strongly endorsed multiple positive smoking outcome expectancies than screen-negative individuals. These findings suggest that the psychological sequelae of trauma may be a per...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Baggett, T. P., Campbell, E. G., Chang, Y., Magid, L. M., Rigotti, N. A. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Urinary Cotinine Levels Among Latino Tobacco Farmworkers in North Carolina Compared to Latinos Not Employed in Agriculture
Conclusion:
North Carolina farmworkers experience large nicotine doses. The long-term health effects of these doses are not known. Although procedures to reduce occupational nicotine exposure are known, no changes in work practices or in policies to protect workers have been implemented. Research on the health effects of occupational nicotine exposure must become a priority. Current knowledge of occupational transdermal nicotine exposure must be used to improve occupational safety practice and policy for tobacco workers.
Implications:
This study documents the heavy burden of nicotine exposure and dose experienced by tobac...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Arcury, T. A., Laurienti, P. J., Talton, J. W., Chen, H., Howard, T. D., Summers, P., Quandt, S. A. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Is Smoking a Predictor for Acute Mountain Sickness? Findings From a Meta-Analysis
Conclusions:
Overall, smoking was not statistically significantly associated with AMS: there is no consistent effect of cigarette smoking acting as either a protective factor against or a risk factor for AMS.
Implications:
This is the first quantitative assessment of published studies on smoking and AMS, which shows smoking to be neither a risk, nor protective. Studies specifically focusing on smoking as a risk factor, should guide further research on this issue. Although all smokers should be strongly advised to quit, studies on risk factors for AMS focusing on other exposures could shed light on the full range of risks ...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Vinnikov, D., Blanc, P. D., Steinmaus, C. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Structural Discrimination is Associated With Smoking Status Among a National Sample of Transgender Individuals
Conclusions:
Further research is needed in order to explore the relationship between smoking and legal transition among transgender individuals. Strategies to prevent smoking and encourage cessation among this vulnerable population are also needed. In addition, comprehensive collection of gender identity data in the context of national surveys, tobacco-related research, and clinical settings is sorely needed.
Implications:
This study establishes a link between experiences of structural discrimination among transgender individuals and smoking status. (Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research)
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Shires, D. A., Jaffee, K. D. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Intragroup Variance in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Tobacco Use Behaviors: Evidence That Subgroups Matter, Notably Bisexual Women
Conclusions:
This is the first US adult population study to assess differences in use of various tobacco products across adult LGB subpopulations and by gender, confirming their increased risk of use and illuminating differences by subgroup and gender. Exploring LGB as a unified population appears inadequate to accurately characterize LGB tobacco use risk. Tobacco-related LGB health inequities, particularly among bisexual and lesbian women, may be greater than previously indicated.
Implications:
This manuscript provides important contributions to the field of tobacco control and prevention, and more specifically to LGB to...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Emory, K., Kim, Y., Buchting, F., Vera, L., Huang, J., Emery, S. L. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of American Indian Tribal College Students Participating in a Tribal College Tobacco and Behavioral Survey
Conclusions:
Very few studies of smoking have been conducted in this population and results from our study confirm the need for effective interventions.
Implications:
AIs have the highest cigarette smoking rates compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Furthermore, limited studies have examined the epidemiology of cigarette smoking among tribal college students. This study addresses health disparities related to smoking among college students by examining the demographic, cultural, and environmental characteristics of smoking and quitting. Results from this study could lead to the development of a cult...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Choi, W. S., Nazir, N., Pacheco, C. M., Filippi, M. K., Pacheco, J., White Bull, J., Nance, C., Faseru, B., Greiner, K. A., Daley, C. M. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Tobacco Withdrawal Amongst African American, Hispanic, and White Smokers
Conclusions:
These results suggest qualitative differences in the expression of some components of tobacco withdrawal across three racial/ethnic groups. This research helps shed light on bio-behavioral sources of tobacco-related health disparities, informs the application of smoking cessation interventions across racial/ethnic groups, and may ultimately aid the overall effort towards reducing the public health burden of tobacco addiction in minority populations.
Implications:
The current study provides some initial evidence that there may be qualitative differences in the types of tobacco withdrawal symptoms experienced a...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Bello, M. S., Pang, R. D., Cropsey, K. L., Zvolensky, M. J., Reitzel, L. R., Huh, J., Leventhal, A. M. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Smoking to Regulate Negative Affect: Disentangling the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress and Emotional Disorder Symptoms, Nicotine Dependence, and Cessation-Related Problems
Conclusions:
Affect-regulatory smoking motives appear to underlie associations between the symptoms of emotional disorders such as PTSD, panic, and depression in terms of smoking dependence and certain cessation-related criterion variables.
Implications:
Overall, this investigation suggests negative affect reduction smoking motives help to explain the relationship of PTSD, depression, and panic symptoms to nicotine dependence, severity of problems experienced during prior quit attempts and perceived barriers to cessation. These results highlight the importance of assessing motivations for smoking in the context of cessati...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Mahaffey, B. L., Gonzalez, A., Farris, S. G., Zvolensky, M. J., Bromet, E. J., Luft, B. J., Kotov, R. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Trends in Smoking Rates by Level of Psychological Distress--Time Series Analysis of US National Health Interview Survey Data 1997-2014
Conclusions:
People with high levels of psychological distress continue to smoke at particularly high rates, and may benefit less from existing tobacco control measures.
Implications:
Rates of smoking have declined substantially over time in people with no or low levels of psychological distress and much smaller reductions have occurred in people with high levels of psychological distress. If this trend continues the disparity in smoking rates by levels of psychological distress will continue to rise. These results suggest people with high levels of psychological distress do not benefit to the same extent as others from e...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - May 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Lawrence, D., Williams, J. M. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
