The special issue on Biomarkers of Nicotine and Tobacco Dependence reviews the science for precision treatment of nicotine dependence and future opportunities for research on biomarkers for inclusion in tobacco product cessation and switching clinical trials to advance translation. This overview summarizes the articles contributed to the special issue by leading researcher in field of addiction.
Importance: The US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) prioritized its enforcement efforts against nontobacco, nonmenthol (ie, sweet)-flavored cartridge e-cigarettes in February 2020. Within-person e-cigarette initiation, continuation, and switching behaviors among youth are unknown following CTP's prioritized enforcement efforts.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the interactions between race/ethnicity and income across different types of tobacco products.
Objective: The protective effect of aqueous and methanolic extracts of corn silk on reproductive disorders induced by nicotine was investigated in the present study.
Tobacco smoking is carcinogenic to humans. Besides cigarettes, the most common form of tobacco smoking, there was sparse evidence of waterpipe's carcinogenicity-induced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). This study investigated the association between waterpipe smoking and NPC mortality.
Most studies are gender blind regarding the effects of chronic nicotine administration on oxidative stress in brain and liver. So we designed this study to determine the differential effects of chronic nicotine administration on parameters of oxidative stress and antioxidant status in brain and liver of male and female rats as well as on liver function tests (LFTs) and lipid profile parameters.
Marijuana or cannabis has been one of the most widely used recreational drugs, in the United States. However, a sinister counterpart has emerged in recent times: K2/Spice, a synthetic rendition of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), capturing increasing popularity.
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