Nicotine and smoking effects on the brain
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Nicotine and smoking effects on the brain
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Most Recently Shared on December 20, 2009 at 4:25 am By:
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Broad anti-smoking vaccination not worth cost: study - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A vaccination campaign to prevent teenagers from taking up smoking would be too expensive to recommend, according to Australian researchers who looked at the costs and benefits of anti-nicotine shots in development. Taking into account the effectiveness demonstrated so far by experimental vaccines designed to help smokers quit, the team concluded the drugs would need to be cheaper, require fewer doses and get better results for widespread preventive ” View full resource at news.yahoo.com
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Tobacco - Links to websites about the effects of tobacco, nicotine and smoking on human health, including secondhand smoke
sis.nlm.nih.gov — “Links to websites about the effects of tobacco, nicotine and smoking on human health, including secondhand smoke” View full resource at sis.nlm.nih.gov
Most Recently Shared on February 28, 2012 at 8:49 pm By:
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SMOKING POT AND SOCIAL ISOLATION - Parenting with All the Pieces
parentingwithallthepieces.typepad.com — “A number of articles have been published in the last two years about the effects of smoking pot on the adolescent and young adult brain. We now know that teens and young adults who smoke marijuana regularly are at higher risk of developing a severe mental disorder such as schizophrenia. A recent article entitled "smoking pot shrinks the brain" shows how brain size decreases in the young brain with steady useage of marijuana. What else does marijuana do to the brain? Many folks report t” View full resource at parentingwithallthepieces.typepad.com
Most Recently Shared on January 19, 2012 at 12:56 am By:
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Study clouds effectiveness of stop-smoking drugs - Medical Marketing and Media
mmm-online.com — “A study casting doubt on the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapies in preventing relapses poses peril and opportunity for pharmas - particularly for Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline.” View full resource at mmm-online.com
Most Recently Shared on January 11, 2012 at 10:48 pm By:
Study clouds effectiveness of stop-smoking drugs: A study casting doubt on the effectiveness of nicoti... http://t.co/5t6A4eQ9 from MM&M
Paranoid or placid? Brain scans show pot's effect on mind | Philly | 01/06/2012
philly.com — “Two ingredients in cannabis may impact neurology in very different ways, study shows” View full resource at philly.com
Most Recently Shared on January 8, 2012 at 5:18 pm By:
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Quit Smoking Interventions Work For Some Smokers
medicalnewstoday.com — “The use of smoking cessation intervention programs and nicotine replacement therapy can be effective for some current smokers, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on November 28, 2011 at 11:05 pm By:
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Nicotine Causes Epigenetic Changes in Mice that Spur Cocaine Addiction | 80beats | Discover Magazine
blogs.discovermagazine.com — “Health & Medicine | addiction | What's the News: Epidemiologists have long noticed that people with drug addictions often start out smoking cigarettes before moving on to harder stuff. Whether” View full resource at blogs.discovermagazine.com
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Nicotine Causes Epigenetic Changes in Mice that Spur Cocaine Addiction - Discover Magazine (blog) http://t.co/8gqcI2xE
Is Nicotine a ‘Gateway’ to Cocaine Addiction (and Cancer)? – TIME Healthland
healthland.time.com — “Some have claimed that tobacco and alcohol are "gateway" drugs that people use before turning to illicit substances. While causal conclusions are hard to draw, at least one new study in mice shows that smoking may indeed increase the risk of cocaine addiction by changing gene activity in the brain.” View full resource at healthland.time.com
Most Recently Shared on November 4, 2011 at 6:45 pm By:
RT @maiasz: nicotine causes epigenetic changes increasing risk for coke addiction & cancer, may explain fetal effects http://t.co/jbjlPEeh
Brain Primed By Nicotine For Cocaine Use: Molecular Basis Of Gateway Sequence Of Drug Use
medicalnewstoday.com — “Cigarettes and alcohol serve as gateway drugs, which people use before progressing to the use of marijuana and then to cocaine and other illicit substances; this progression is called the gateway” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Brain Primed By Nicotine For Cocaine Use: Molecular Basis Of Gateway Sequence Of Drug Use http://t.co/koK3yeXM #smoking #quitsmoking
Cupcakes as addictive as cocaine? How sugar and fat-laden foods are like drugs | Mail Online
dailymail.co.uk — “Scientists in the U.S. have drawn attention to a growing volume of research indicating that products sweetened with sugar or high-fructose corn syrup food can be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine.” View full resource at dailymail.co.uk
Most Recently Shared on November 3, 2011 at 2:19 pm By:
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High-sugar processed food can have same effect on the brain as drugs http://t.co/Iiut8I5V
Nicotine as a gateway drug: Biological mechanism in mice identified
sciencedaily.com — “A landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person's future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well, according to researchers. The study is the first to show that nicotine might prime the brain to enhance the behavioral effects of cocaine.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Nicotine as a gateway drug: Biological mechanism in mice identified http://t.co/rHmckpE5 #addiction #news
Influencing Craving For Cigarettes By Stimulating The Brain
medicalnewstoday.com — “Targeted brain stimulation increases cigarette cravings, a new study in Biological Psychiatry has found, which may ultimately lead to new treatments that reverse these effects. Cues associated wit” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on November 1, 2011 at 8:06 am By:
Influencing Craving For Cigarettes By Stimulating The Brain http://t.co/rfl6lHZb #smoking #quitsmoking
Smokers get chance to beat the habit with 12p tablets | Society | The Guardian
guardian.co.uk — “Tabex tablets mimics nicotine's effects on smokers by stimulating the brain's reward pathways” View full resource at guardian.co.uk
Most Recently Shared on September 29, 2011 at 7:22 am By:
RT @SocietyGuardian: Smokers get chance to beat the habit with 12p tablets http://t.co/6buBMsOi
Cytisine Is Cheap And Effective In Helping Smokers Quit - QualityPoint Technologies
qualitypointtech.net — “Tabex, a low cost medication which contains Cytisine, a nicotine substitute derived from laburnum seeds, triples a person's chances of successfully giving up smoking, compared to a placebo, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). Tabex has been available in parts of Eastern Europe for over four decades. However, there was not enough evidence demonstrating the medication's efficacy in smoking cessation...” View full resource at qualitypointtech.net
Most Recently Shared on September 29, 2011 at 5:45 am By:
Cytisine Is Cheap And Effective In Helping Smokers Quit: Tabex, a low cost medication which contains Cytisine, a n... http://t.co/OpPIPTVe
Electronic cigarettes: Help or hazard? - Harvard Health Publications
health.harvard.edu — “Smokers who want to quit can turn to a nicotine replacement products, prescription medications, and counseling. What about the newest stop-smoking aid, the electronic cigarette? Despite its appeal, we don’t know enough about the safety or effectiveness of electronic cigarettes to give them the green light. Preliminary studies from the FDA, New Zealand, and Greece raise some concerns about the dose of nicotine delivered and potentially harmful chemicals that might be in the vapor. Until good stud” View full resource at health.harvard.edu
Most Recently Shared on September 22, 2011 at 2:19 pm By:
E-cigarettes—not enough evidence yet on safety, effectiveness to recommend them as stop-smoking aids. http://t.co/2l5Chsq4
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