Nicotine: Dependence following use of a gum preparation: case report
A 10-item questionnaire (the Tobacco Dependence Screener; TDS) for screening of tobacco/nicotine dependence according to ICD-10, DSM-III-R, and DSM-IV was newly developed. The reliability and validity were assessed in three samples of smokers in Japan. A total of 58 male smokers completed th...
"The factors that may contribute to addictive behaviors include (1) neuroadaptations that occur with the persistent use of nicotine (e.g., tolerance), (2) withdrawal symptoms experienced when intake of the drug is stopped, and (3) the effects of nicotine that reinforce dependence. The primary...
"The factors that may contribute to addictive behaviors include (1) neuroadaptations that occur with the persistent use of nicotine (e.g., tolerance), (2) withdrawal symptoms experienced when intake of the drug is stopped, and (3) the effects of nicotine that reinforce dependence. The primary...
Smoking or nicotine dependence by anxiety disorder status Lasseret al.[59] utilized the NCS to demonstrate increased rates of current and lifetime smoking in respondents with current and lifetime SP (39.5% and 54%), agoraphobia (38.4% and 58.9%), PD (35.9% and 61.3%), specific phobia (40...
mental disorders; comorbid general medical conditions; health concerns/problems related to smoking; alcohol use or abuse; use of medications for the treatment of medical conditions throughout the study; family history of mental health conditions other than nicotine dependence; or family history of ...
(excluding skin cancer), and tobacco dependence], use of smoking-cessation counseling, occurrence of hospitalization (SA or all-cause, corresponding to study outcomes), and healthcare costs corresponding to study outcomes (e.g., baseline SA medical costs were included as covariate for regressions ...
Moreover, a consequence of reducing nicotine dependence to subjective craving to smoke is that the results of the "hooked on nicotine" research program cannot be compared to results of studies that use the conventional, DSM or ICD conceptualization of nicotine dependence. In other words, this conc...
Tobacco Use DisorderLogistic ModelsOdds RatioSmokingBehavior, AddictiveAdolescentFemaleMaleAlthough many sociodemographic and psychosocial factors have been identified as related to adolescent smoking, few studies have examined the role of nicotine-dependence (ND) symptoms. The objective was to study the ...
Impaired control over tobacco use was the most commonly endorsed criteria and giving up activities to use and spending lots of time with nicotine were the least commonly endorsed. Nicotine dependence is one of the most common mental disorders; however, about half of current smokers do not meet ...