Article
Environmental Sciences
Jenny Becam, Edouard Martin, Gildas Pouradier, Natalia Doudka, Caroline Solas, Romain Guilhaumou, Nicolas Fabresse
Summary: We present a case of accidental nicotine intoxication in a 22-year-old man working in an e-liquid manufacturing company. The patient spilled 300 mL of pure nicotine solution on his leg without protection, experiencing symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and burning sensations. He recovered without treatment after five hours. This case highlights the importance of protective clothing when handling nicotine-containing liquid products.
Article
Substance Abuse
Nicholas J. Felicione, Jenny E. Ozga-Hess, Stuart G. Ferguson, Geri Dino, Summer Kuhn, Ilana Haliwa, Melissa D. Blank
Summary: This study examined the patterns of product use and nicotine exposure among dual users of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The results showed higher cotinine levels and more cigarettes smoked on days when both products were used together. Situational factors, particularly indoor smoking restrictions, were found to be the main reasons for initiating and continuing smokeless tobacco use among dual users.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yun Wang, Zhiqiang Huang, Dan Luo, Lang Tian, Mi Hu, Shuiyuan Xiao
Summary: This study revealed that children exposed to ETS had higher levels of UC, and caregivers who smoked were associated with a higher risk of developing respiratory illnesses in children. Notably, the higher the UC levels, the greater the respiratory risk.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jie Zhang, Xingyu Liu, Bing Shi, Zhendong Yang, Yanbo Luo, Tongguang Xu, Deshui Liu, Chengyong Jiang, Guorong Du, Nan Lu, Chen Zhang, Yanjun Ma, Ruoshi Bai, Jun Zhou
Summary: This study investigated the effects of cigarette smoke with different levels of TSNAs and nicotine on biomarkers of exposure in smokers' plasma. The results showed that levels of biomarkers were lower in smokers who smoked cigarettes with lower TSNAs and nicotine. When smokers switched to cigarettes with lower TSNA levels, their biomarker levels significantly decreased. This study suggests that plasma levels of certain biomarkers can be used to assess exposure to TSNAs and nicotine.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, Jenna L. Riis, Hedyeh Ahmadi, Hillary L. Piccerillo, Douglas A. Granger, Clancy B. Blair, Elizabeth A. Thomas
Summary: This study found that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke was associated with detectable levels of cotinine in children's saliva, as well as significant associations between salivary cotinine and salivary levels of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb).
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lei Yuan, Jingyi Ni
Summary: Tobacco smoking may interfere with vitamin D endocrine systems and increase the risk of VD deficiency, especially in female adults.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Myung-Bae Park, Yunna Kwan, Boram Sim, Jinhee Lee
Summary: The study found that exposure to secondhand smoke is associated with depressive symptoms in non-smokers, with lower socio-economic status, higher urinary cotinine (UCo) concentration, and SHS exposure all increasing the prevalence of depressive symptoms. Females with depressive symptoms had significantly higher UCo concentrations compared to females without depressive symptoms. The cross-sectional design of the study means that only an association, not causal effects, can be inferred between SHS exposure and depression.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Myung-Bae Park
Summary: This study aimed to compare self-reporting and biomarker methods for assessing passive smoking exposure, and found that the self-reporting method is more likely to classify participants in the non-exposed group compared to biomarkers.
TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Georg E. Matt, Ashley L. Merianos, Lara Stone, Chase Wullenweber, Penelope J. E. Quintana, Eunha Hoh, Nathan G. Dodder, Nicolas Lopez Galvez, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens
Summary: This study found that hand nicotine levels provide additional insights into children's exposure to tobacco smoke pollutants than reported child TSE and urinary biomarkers. Changes in hand nicotine levels show that consistent home smoking bans in homes of children of smokers can lower THS exposure. Hand nicotine levels may be influenced by the environmental settings in which they are collected.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Myung-Bae Park
Summary: This study aimed to compare self-report and biomarkers for assessing passive smoking and found that self-report method is more likely to classify passive smokers into the non-exposed group. Therefore, to accurately assess exposure in various settings, biomonitoring and self-report should be used simultaneously.
TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ashley L. Merianos, Roman A. Jandarov, Mary Cataletto, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens
Summary: The study showed an association between tobacco smoke exposure and decreased FeNO levels in nonsmoking adolescents, with higher serum cotinine levels linked to lower odds of eosinophilic inflammation. Adolescents exposed to smoke at home also had lower FeNO levels.
NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuying Sun, Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Man Ping Wang, Yongda Socrates Wu, Kin Yeung Chak, Jianjiu Chen, Lok Tung Leung, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho
Summary: This study found that users of heated tobacco products had lower levels of exhaled CO and similar levels of saliva cotinine compared to conventional cigarette smokers.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Debora Groppetti, Giulia Pizzi, Alessandro Pecile, Valerio Bronzo, Silvia Michela Mazzola
Summary: This study aimed to measure cotinine concentration in the serum and hair of dogs that were exposed to the owner's tobacco smoke and to compare it with that of unexposed dogs. The results showed that cotinine concentrations were significantly higher in exposed dogs than unexposed dogs, and there were differences in cotinine concentrations between different sex dogs. These results confirmed cotinine as a marker of passive smoking in dogs.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zixuan Wang, Hui Shi, Ling Peng, Yue Zhou, Ying Wang, Fei Jiang
Summary: This study found gender-specific differences in the association between environmental tobacco smoke exposure biomarkers and developmental disorders. Only girls with low cotinine levels and high urinary NNAL levels had higher odds of having developmental disorders, while the effects of boys and NNAL exposure were additive.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bui Xuan Thanh, Giang T Vu, Tran Thi Thanh Hue, Qiuda Zheng, Gary Chan, Nguyen Thi Kieu Anh, Phong K Thai
Summary: Monitoring the change in tobacco consumption is essential for tobacco control policies. This study used wastewater-based epidemiology to analyze tobacco consumption in Hanoi, Vietnam. The results showed significant differences in nicotine consumption between different periods, although slightly lower than survey data.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Swarndeep Singh, Romil Saini, Neha Dahiya, Aakanksha Bharti Singh, Rajesh Kumar
Summary: The study found that IGD and generalised PIU are conceptually distinct entities with different risk factors. Male gender and longer daily gaming time may increase the risk of IGD, while greater daily Internet use and more frequent social networking may increase the risk of generalised PIU. Therefore, it is important to focus on IGD separately from generalised PIU when screening for internet addiction.
PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Prashant Kumar Singh, Nishikant Singh, Pankhuri Jain, Pallavi Sinha, Chandan Kumar, Lucky Singh, Ankur Singh, Amit Yadav, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Shekhar Kashyap, Shalini Singh, S. Subramanian
Summary: The study found higher prevalence of smoking, smokeless tobacco and alcohol consumption among men, with significant regional and community-level variations. Larger between-population differences were observed in tobacco and alcohol consumption among women.
Letter
Psychiatry
Chittaranjan Behera, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Swarndeep Singh, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Siddharth Sarkar
Summary: The analysis of data from successive National Family Health Surveys in India over the past two decades showed a significant decline in the current alcohol use among men and women, with proportions decreasing in most states. This information will be crucial for understanding alcohol consumption trends in the country and planning strategies to address alcohol use and disorders in the future.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Nestor Szerman, Swarndeep Singh, Jose Martinez Raga, Caroline Salom, Lola Peris, Ragul Ganesh
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the delivery of treatment services for individuals with dual disorders. Dissatisfaction with personal protective equipment, inadequate COVID-19 testing at treatment facilities, and lack of guidelines for providing continued treatment services have been identified as potential reasons for this disruption. Policy makers, hospital management staff, and other stakeholders need to address these concerns by developing and disseminating guidelines to assist mental health professionals in providing continued treatment services through tele-psychiatry and other digital strategies.
JOURNAL OF DUAL DIAGNOSIS
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Parul Narang, Soma Saha, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Naibedya Chattopadhyay, Ravinder Goswami
Summary: The study found that individuals with alcohol use disorder in third and fourth decades of life, with normal BMI and around one-decade history of alcohol use, may not experience significant alterations in BMD and TBS. However, there was a slight increase in the prevalence of mild vertebral fractures among this population.
ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Pawan Sharma, Nishtha Chawla
Summary: Addictive disorders are a significant burden globally, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). The existing literature on education and training on addiction psychiatry in LMIC is limited. Strengthening training on addictive disorders in these countries can help bridge the gap in evidence-based interventions and enhance research capacity.
ASIA-PACIFIC PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Cary S. Kogan, Mario Maj, Tahilia J. Rebello, Jared W. Keeley, Maya Kulygina, Chihiro Matsumoto, Rebeca Robles, Jingjing Huang, Na Zhong, Subho Chakrabarti, Maria Luisa Figueira, Dan J. Stein, Stephen M. Strakowski, Jose A. Garcia-Pacheco, Samantha Burns, Madeline Montoya, Laura Andrade, Jose L. Ayuso-Mateos, Ivan Arango, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Richard Bryant, Francine Cournos, Jose Alberto Del Porto, Thomas D. Meyer, Maria-Elena Medina-Mora, Oye Gureje, Michael B. First, Wolfgang Gaebel, Brigitte Khoury, Valery N. Krasnov, Jair de Jesus Mari, Toshimasa Maruta, Kathleen M. Pike, Michael C. Roberts, Pratap Sharan, Min Zhao, Geoffrey M. Reed
Summary: This internet-based field study evaluated the diagnostic guidelines for ICD-11 mood disorders and found that clinicians using the ICD-11 achieved similar levels of accuracy in diagnosing mood disorders as those using the ICD-10 guidelines. However, the clinical utility of ICD-11 bipolar disorders was found to be significantly lower than for ICD-10 equivalent categories. Further revisions may be needed in areas where the ICD-11 guidelines did not perform as intended.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Swarndeep Singh, Zenia Yadav
Summary: The study found that the majority of digital media reports identified gaming as the main cause of suicide, but many reports did not follow WHO guidelines for responsible reporting. The news reports included opinions from various stakeholders such as parents, other gamers, gaming industry, and mental health professionals, with around one-fourth advocating for a ban on gaming.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Letter
Psychiatry
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Saurabh Kumar, Swarndeep Singh, Krishnamurti Singh, Srinivas Rajkumar
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Arpit Parmar, Rakesh Lal, Siddharth Sarkar, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara
Summary: The study found that patients with CUD have impairment in neurological soft signs regardless of the presence of psychosis, showing higher total NES scores and subdomain scores compared to healthy controls.
JOURNAL OF DUAL DIAGNOSIS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Bichitra Nanda Patra, Vaibhav Patil, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Sudhir K. Khandelwal
Summary: Depression-related stigma and disabilities pose barriers to recovery and effective care for patients. Patients experience unfair treatment and discrimination in various domains of life. Stigma and discrimination are associated with hiding mental health problems and hinder vocational and social integration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Abhishek Ghosh, Tathagata Mahintamani, Y. P. S. Balhara, Fazl E. Roub, Debashish Basu, B. N. Subodh, S. K. Mattoo, Eepsita Mishra, Babita Sharma
Summary: The study found that using alcohol-based hand rubs can lead to disulfiram ethanol-like reactions in patients with alcohol use disorders on disulfiram. Severe reactions were more likely to occur with greater amounts of exposure, on moist skin, or through inhalation.
ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Swarndeep Singh, Ketaki Chandiok, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara
Summary: The study examined online news coverage on the relaxation of alcohol sales during lockdown 3.0 in India. Most common themes included status of alcohol sales across different states, officials' responses, potential harms of allowing sales during lockdown, and calls for online sale or home delivery. Reports advocating online sale and policy reforms were independently associated with a favorable stance on allowing alcohol sales during lockdown, while only a small proportion discussed public health implications and treatment services for alcohol use disorder.
JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Swarndeep Singh, Pawan Sharma, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara
Summary: During the lockdown in India, there was a significant increase in online search interest for alcohol-related topics, especially during lockdown 1.0. Additionally, there was a notable increase in search interest for alcohol withdrawal during lockdown 1.0, and for benzodiazepines during lockdown 2.0.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2021)
