Anxiolytic consumption is associated with tobacco smoking and severe nicotine dependence. Results from the national French medical students (BOURBON) study

A Bourbon, L Boyer, P Auquier, M Boucekine… - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tobacco smoking remains common among medical students, something which may impact
on their abililty to promote smoking cessation during their future careers. Objectives To …

Secondhand smoke exposure and mental health in adults: a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies

YN Zeng, YM Li - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Previous studies assessing secondhand smoke (SHS) and risk of mental health
problems have yielded inconsistent results. We performed a meta-analysis to statistically …

Psychopathology and extrapyramidal side effects in smoking and non-smoking patients with schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative …

H Huang, M Dong, L Zhang, BL Zhong, CH Ng… - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
The association between smoking and psychopathology and extrapyramidal side effects
(EPSE) in schizophrenia has been controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Targeting nicotine addiction: the possibility of a therapeutic vaccine

JJ Escobar-Chávez… - Drug design …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases,
reproductive disorders, and delayed wound healing all over the world. The goals of smoking …

Transdermal delivery of nicotine using pectin isolated from durian fruit-hulls-based polymer blends as a matrix layer

J Suksaeree, P Karnsopa, N Wannaphruek… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2018 - Springer
Many natural polymers with various chemical structures are used to prepare transdermal
patches. Pectin is a one interesting type of polymer because it can control drug release …

Serotonin and corticosterone rhythms in mice exposed to cigarette smoke and in patients with COPD: implication for COPD-associated neuropathogenesis

IK Sundar, H Yao, Y Huang, E Lyda, PJ Sime… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The circadian timing system controls daily rhythms of physiology and behavior, and
disruption of clock function can trigger stressful life events. Daily exposure to cigarette …

Cortisol in schizophrenia: No association with tobacco smoking, clinical symptoms or antipsychotic medication

GN Erjavec, S Uzun, MN Perkovic, O Kozumplik… - Progress in Neuro …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoking is associated with higher cortisol levels in healthy subjects. In
schizophrenia this relationship is not clear. There are divergent results on the association …

Associations between severity of anxiety and clinical and biological features of major affective disorders

FL Cavicchioli, M Maes, C Roomruangwong… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients with major affective disorders (MAFD) with comorbid anxiety show a greater
functional impairment than those without anxiety. The aim of this study is to delineate the …

Cigarette smoking in obsessive-compulsive disorder and unaffected parents of OCD patients

A Abramovitch, DA Pizzagalli, DA Geller… - European …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Background: Cigarette smoking is more prevalent among individuals with psychiatric
disorders than the general population. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be an …

Self-reported major depressive symptoms at baseline impact abstinence prognosis in smoking cessation program. A one-year prospective study

G Fond, S Guillaume, S Artero, P Bernard… - Journal of affective …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The association between major depressive symptoms and smoking has been
extensively documented. However, previous studies report conflicting findings about the …