THR PubMed Research

Looking Cool, Doing Tricks, Managing Stress, and Nicotine Addiction: Youth Perspectives on Nicotine Vaping and Implications for Prevention

To understand the contextual and psychosocial factors associated with youth vaping in Colorado, the state with the highest youth vaping rates in 2019, and to propose strategies for prevention interventions.

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Liver tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase: a determinant of anxiety-like behaviour - studies with chronic nicotine administration in rats

Deletion of the tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase ( TDO2 ) gene induces an anxiolytic-like behaviour in mice and TDO inhibition by allopurinol elicits an antidepressant-like effect in rats exposed to restraint stress.

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Nicotine-magnesium aluminum silicate complexes processed by blending: Characterization for usage as drug carriers in mucoadhesive buccal discs

Complexation of nicotine (NCT) and magnesium aluminum silicate (MAS) has been formed in the dispersions that required multiple preparation steps. In this study, physical blending was used to produce NCT-MAS complexes. NCT, a free-base liquid state form, was adsorbed onto the MAS granules, where the diffusion and intercalation of NCT molecules into the MAS silicate layers occurred.

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Electronic Cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Case Report

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) cases have increased with the popularity of e-cigarettes in the mostly young, healthy population. Some common symptoms associated with EVALI include shortness of breath and chest pain, and the most common diagnostic imaging findings are organizing pneumonia and diffuse alveolar damage seen on computed tomography (CT).

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Salivary Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Capacity in Smokeless Tobacco (Naswar) Users

Naswar, a smokeless tobacco product, commonly consumed in Pakistan, is associated with a 10-fold increase in the risk of oral cancer. However, little is known about Naswar's underlying toxicity mechanisms.

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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during 2007 to 2018

Using more than one tobacco product increases the risk of tobacco-related diseases. We investigated trends in the prevalence and dual use of factory-made (FM) cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in South Africa over a 12-year period.

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A Systematic Literature Review of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use

Rates of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use are exponentially increasing in youth and young adults within the United States, including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth in Hawai'i. Disproportionately high ENDS use rates for AANHPI youth point to the need to understand the empirical literature in this area.

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Changes in e-cigarette use, cigarette smoking, and dual use among the youth (13-15 years) in 10 countries (2013-2019) - analyses of Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS)

The increasing use of e-cigarettes among the youth is a public health problem that needs surveillance. We report changes in e-cigarette use, cigarette smoking, and 'dual use' among youth in 10 countries.

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