Article
Nursing
Kevin Zhang, Linda P. Siziba, Nan Ji Suo, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Jon Genuneit
Summary: Breastfeeding for at least 6 months was associated with decreased postpartum smoking relapse.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Daria Szafran, Tatiana Goerig, Sabine Vollstaedt-Klein, Nadja Grundinger, Ute Mons, Valerie Lohner, Sven Schneider, Marike Andreas
Summary: This study used a netnographic approach to explore unfiltered self-reports of experiences of e-cigarette addiction by users in online forums. The findings showed that some users reported experiences that corresponded to the criteria of tobacco use disorder, while others reported the absence of typical criteria, especially successful attempts to reduce nicotine dosage. The study also found that some e-cigarette users felt in control of their behavior. Effective cessation programs are needed to support users who experience their e-cigarette use as burdensome.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Akane Anai, Kaname Asato, Nozomi Tatsuta, Kasumi Sakurai, Chiharu Ota, Shinichi Kuriyama, Junichi Sugawara, Takahiro Arima, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kunihiko Nakai
Summary: The aim of this study was to determine the status of postpartum smoking relapse at 1 month postpartum among Japanese women and its associated risk factors. The results found that besides maternal alcohol and smoking habits before pregnancy, breastfeeding and partner smoking were important factors in early postpartum smoking relapse in Japan.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Cell Biology
Manasa Kanithi, Sunil Junapudi, Syed Islamuddin Shah, Alavala Matta Reddy, Ghanim Ullah, Bojjibabu Chidipi
Summary: Toxins present in cigarette and e-cigarette smoke have fatal health impacts, especially on cell repair and mitochondrial function. Research suggests that these toxins trigger abnormal responses, damage mitochondrial function, and disrupt biochemical processes. Developing effective treatments is of prime importance.
Article
Substance Abuse
Caitlin Notley, Emma Ward, Lynne Dawkins, Richard Holland
Summary: A qualitative longitudinal study explored vaping trajectories among e-cigarette users in the UK, identifying three main pathways: 'maintainer', 'abstainer', and 'relapser'. Individual experiences with vaping nicotine appeared to be related to psychological and social factors. A social context supportive of continued vaping was perceived to be helpful in preventing relapse to smoking in this sample.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Remi Valter, Ophelie Guyonvarch, Ingrid Allagbe, Anne-Laurence Le Faou
Summary: The study aimed to explore factors associated with one-month abstinence in dual users compared to exclusive smokers in French smoking cessation services (SCS). The results showed that dual users had similar cessation rates as exclusive smokers, but presented more comorbidities and higher nicotine dependence levels. Predictors of abstinence in dual users included employment or retirement, multiple previous quit attempts, low nicotine dependence, high motivation to quit, and regular follow-up consultations. The findings suggest that dual users seeking help in SCS can benefit from support to achieve abstinence, despite their higher nicotine dependence and comorbidities. Further qualitative research is needed to provide tailored interventions for this specific group of smokers.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joanne Chen Lyu, Garving K. Luli, Pamela M. Ling
Summary: By analyzing COVID-19-related Twitter posts, 8 topics related to vaping were identified. The study showed that public discussion on vaping mostly had negative sentiment, with a slight increase during the COVID-19 period. Continued monitoring of social media conversations around vaping is necessary, and public health organizations may consider using social media platforms to convey scientific information about vaping and vaping cessation.
Article
Pediatrics
Janet Audrain-McGovern, Daniel Rodriguez, Stephen Pianin, Shannon Testa
Summary: The study identified four different developmental pathways among adolescents: some adolescents start using e-cigarettes with a delay but quickly, some adolescents use e-cigarettes steadily from the beginning, some adolescents use both e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, and some adolescents do not use e-cigarettes or traditional cigarettes. The findings also revealed that adolescents who were dual users had a greater number and severity of e-cigarette and combustible cigarette risk factors.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Soo Young Kim, Sung Hoon Jeong, Hye Jin Joo, Minah Park, Eun-Cheol Park, Jung Hyun Kim, Junbok Lee, Jaeyong Shin
Summary: This study found that individuals who simultaneously used conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes had the highest odds of developing hypertension compared to non-smokers. The association between the use of both cigarette types and hypertension was significant in males, while only the use of conventional cigarettes and past smoking were significant in females.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Pallav Pokhrel, Crissy T. Kawamoto, Ian Pagano, Thaddeus A. Herzog
Summary: Increased exposure to e-cigarette advertising is associated with increased e-cigarette use but not with increased cigarette smoking. Higher initial level of e-cigarette use is correlated with higher initial level of cigarette smoking, but it may be associated with a decreasing rate of cigarette smoking over time.
Article
Nursing
Kelsey C. Coy, Sarah C. Haight, Erica Anstey, Althea M. Grant, Nan Ruffo, Jean Y. Ko
Summary: This study found that about 5.5% of participants reported postpartum marijuana use, and among them, 47.2% were breastfeeding at the time of the survey. Women who believed marijuana was safe for breastfeeding were more likely to continue breastfeeding. Understanding maternal safety beliefs and educating providers about postpartum marijuana use may improve clinical care.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION
(2021)
Review
Substance Abuse
Gary C. K. Chan, Daniel Stjepanovic, Carmen Lim, Tianze Sun, Aathavan Shanmuga Anandan, Jason P. Connor, Coral Gartner, Wayne D. Hall, Janni Leung
Summary: There is a longitudinal association between adolescent vaping and smoking initiation, but the evidence is limited by publication bias, high sample attrition, and inadequate adjustment for potential confounders.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
M. Pienkowski, M. Chaiton, S. J. Bondy, J. E. Cohen, J. Dubray, T. Eissenberg, P. Kaufman, M. B. Stanbrook, J. O'loughlin, J. Dos Santos, R. Schwartz
Summary: This study examines the development of dependence among e-cigarette users and compares the differences between smokers and non-smokers. The results show that many e-cigarette users develop symptoms of dependence within two to five years since starting vaping. Non-smokers may be at higher risk of becoming e-cigarette dependent, as they reached dependence milestones faster than smokers.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2024)
Article
Substance Abuse
Sonia Cerrai, Elisa Benedetti, Emanuela Colasante, Marco Scalese, Giuseppe Gorini, Silvano Gallus, Sabrina Molinaro
Summary: The study found that e-cigarette use among European adolescents is associated with weaker tobacco control measures, particularly on tobacco price, advertising, and promotion. Besides preventing tobacco smoking, the adoption of governmental tobacco control policies in European countries also seems to contribute to the prevention of vaping among adolescents.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Mohammed Nasser Alhajj, Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri, Morenike O. Folayan, Esam Halboub, Yousef Khader, Ridwaan Omar, Abdullah G. Amran, Ola B. Al-Batayneh, Asja Celebic, Sanja Persic, Humeyra Kocaelli, Firas Suleyman, Abdulaziz A. Alkheraif, Darshan D. Divakar, Abdulbaset A. Mufadhal, Mohammed A. Al-Wesabi, Wadhah A. Alhajj, Mokhtar A. Aldumaini, Saadika Khan, Thiyezen A. Al-Dhelai, Ahmed Shaher Alqahtani, Ali H. Murad, Joseph E. Makzoume, Shivani Kohli, Tareq A. Ziyad
Summary: This survey aimed to assess oral hygiene practices, health events, and physiological changes due to E-cigarette use among dental students. The results showed that E-cigarette users had a higher prevalence of health complications.
Article
Substance Abuse
Charlotte Albury, Rebecca Barnes, Anne Ferrey, Tim Coleman, Hazel Gilbert, Felix Naughton, Paul Aveyard, Rachna Begh
Summary: There are barriers hindering clinicians and patients from easily accepting e-cigarettes for harm reduction instead of aids for smoking cessation. Clinicians struggle to reconcile harm reduction with their existing ethical models of practice, even after targeted training, while patients view e-cigarettes as quitting aids.
Article
Substance Abuse
Tim Coleman, Miranda Clark, Charlie Welch, Rachel Whitemore, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Sue Cooper, Catherine Hewitt, Matthew Jones, Stephen Sutton, Judith Watson, Karen Daykin, Michael Ussher, Steve Parrott, Felix Naughton
Summary: The study aimed to test the efficacy of the 'MiQuit' tailored, self-help, text message stop smoking programme for pregnancy as an adjunct to usual care. Results showed that pregnant women who received MiQuit were not more likely to quit smoking before childbirth compared to those receiving usual care, but they reported more attempts to quit smoking.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Danah Alothman, Andrew Fogarty, Edward Tyrrell, Sarah Lewis, Timothy Card
Summary: This study used multiple linked electronic health databases to conduct a large case-control study in England from 2001 through 2019 to examine the association between ethnicity and suicide risk. Asian, Black, and Other ethnic groups were found to have a significantly lower suicide risk compared to White individuals, with Asian ethnicity having the lowest risk. The findings suggest that ethnicity-related suicide risk is influenced by socio-demographic characteristics and can help inform the assessment and stratification of suicide risk and the targeting of public health measures to reduce suicide incidence.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gamze Nalbant, Sarah Lewis, Kaushik Chattopadhyay
Summary: Yoga is becoming increasingly popular in the UK, with a lack of regulation and information about providers and sessions. In the UK, yoga sessions are mostly provided and practiced by women, focusing mainly on poses and lacking the holistic aspects of yoga. Yoga providers are generally aware of attendees' health conditions, but may need training to cater to specific health conditions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Danah Alothman, Charles R. Marshall, Edward Tyrrell, Sarah Lewis, Timothy Card, Andrew Fogarty
Summary: This study examined the suicide risk in patients with Huntington's disease (HD). The results showed a significantly elevated suicide risk in HD patients, especially in younger individuals. Therefore, implementing suicide risk assessment in these patients may improve survival rates.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Peter Hajek, Dunja Przulj, Francesca Pesola, Chris Griffiths, Robert Walton, Hayden McRobbie, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis, Rachel Whitemore, Miranda Clark, Michael Ussher, Lesley Sinclair, Emily Seager, Sue Cooper, Linda Bauld, Felix Naughton, Peter Sasieni, Isaac Manyonda, Katie Myers Smith
Summary: A randomized controlled trial comparing electronic cigarettes and nicotine patches for smoking cessation in pregnant women found no significant differences between the two interventions. However, when analyzing the data from pregnant women who strictly followed the trial protocol, electronic cigarettes were found to be beneficial.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sophie Orton, Lauren Taylor, Libby Laing, Sarah Lewis, Michael Ussher, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper
Summary: This study aimed to investigate factors associated with postpartum return to smoking, including electronic cigarette (EC) use during pregnancy. The results showed that EC use during pregnancy and breastfeeding were negatively associated with postpartum return to smoking, while household member smoking at 3 months postpartum was positively associated. Further research is needed to confirm if ECs could be used for preventing postpartum return to smoking.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Joanne Emery, Yue Huang, Felix Naughton, Sue Cooper, Lisa McDaid, Anne Dickinson, Miranda Clark, Darren Kinahan-Goodwin, Ross Thomson, Lucy Phillips, Sarah Lewis, Tim Coleman
Summary: This study compared the use of a smartphone app and retrospective questionnaires to measure adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) among pregnant women. The results showed that the smartphone app provided more complete and valid data, while the questionnaires led to overestimation of NRT use for some participants.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Substance Abuse
Anna Podlasek, Ravinder Claire, Katarzyna A. Campbell, Sophie Orton, Ross Thomson, Tim Coleman
Summary: This study found that concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use leads to lighter smoking, lower nicotine body fluid levels, and lower exhaled carbon monoxide concentrations. When NRT is used before quitting, there is a significant reduction in exhaled carbon monoxide levels. There is no evidence to support the idea that concurrent smoking and NRT use increase nicotine exposure.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dunja Przulj, Francesca Pesola, Katie Myers Smith, Hayden Mcrobbie, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis, Christopher Griffith, Robert Walton, Rachel Whitemore, Miranda Clark, Michael Ussher, Lesley Sinclair, Emily Seager, Sue Cooper, Linda Bauld, Felix Naughton, Peter Sasieni, Isaac Manyonda, Peter Hajek
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness and safety of nicotine patches and e-cigarettes in pregnant smokers. The results showed that e-cigarettes were slightly more effective than nicotine patches in achieving smoking cessation at the end of pregnancy, with no significant differences in adverse birth outcomes.
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Lisa McDaid, Joanne Emery, Ross Thomson, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Anne Dickinson, Darren Kinahan-Goodwin, Lucy Phillips, Felix Naughton
Summary: This paper describes the development process of a novel pregnancy-specific intervention called Baby, Me, & NRT, aimed at enhancing adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy. An integrated approach combining evidence, theory, stakeholders' feedback, and tailoring principles was used to develop the intervention.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Felix Naughton, Aimie Hope, Chloe Siegele-Brown, Kelly Grant, Garry Barton, Caitlin Notley, Cecilia Mascolo, Tim Coleman, Lee Shepstone, Stephen Sutton, A. Toby Prevost, David Crane, Felix Greaves, Juliet High
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the Quit Sense smartphone app, which helps smokers identify smoking cues and provides real-time support for quitting. The results showed that participants using Quit Sense had a sustained abstinence rate of 11.5% at 6 months, compared to 2.9% for those using usual care. The findings suggest that Quit Sense may be an effective smoking cessation tool.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Joanne Emery, Lisa McDaid, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Ross Thomson, Darren Kinahan-Goodwin, Anne Dickinson, Lucy Phillips, Miranda Clark, Katharine Bowker, Emma Brown, Felix Naughton
Summary: This study developed an intervention targeting adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in pregnancy, and evaluated its effectiveness using the NRT in pregnancy necessities and concerns questionnaire (NiP-NCQ). The NiP-NCQ measures perceived need for NRT and concerns about potential consequences. It was found that low perceived need and concerns about consequences may result in poor adherence to NRT, and interventions challenging these beliefs may improve smoking cessation rates.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Emily Shoesmith, Lisa Huddlestone, Jodi Pervin, Lion Shahab, Peter Coventry, Tim Coleman, Fabiana Lorencatto, Simon Gilbody, Moira Leahy, Michelle Horspool, Claire Paul, Lesley Colley, Simon Hough, Phil Hough, Elena Ratschen
Summary: This study reports the development process of an intervention designed to support smoking-related behavior change following discharge from a smoke-free mental health stay. The intervention includes targeted resources and strategies to address barriers and enablers to supporting smoking cessation in mental health settings. The intervention will be formally tested in a randomized controlled feasibility study.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2023)