OBJECTIVE: The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) is a screening
instrument for physical nicotine dependence and is extensively used in various countries …

The Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND) is a widely used test for assessing
physical nicotine dependence. However, there is a need to assess the psychometric …

People with mental health and addictive (MHA) disorders smoke at high rates and require
tobacco treatment as a part of their comprehensive psychiatric care. Psychiatric care …

BackgroundReasons for the increased prevalence of cigarette smoking in schizophrenia are
unclear. Studies assessing clinical symptoms have sampled heterogeneous populations …

Rationale The high prevalence of smoking and low cessation rates among individuals with
schizophrenia and similar conditions are not well understood. Behavioral economics has …

One of the characteristics of people suffering from addictive behaviors is the tendency to be
distracted by drug cues. This attentional bias for drug cues is thought to lead to increased …

PURPOSE: The prevalence of smoking in schizophrenia has reliably been reported as
being higher than for any other psychiatric disorder. While a number of theories have been …

People with mental health and addictive disorders (MHADs) have higher rates of cigarette
smoking, and less success in quitting smoking compared with the general population …

The majority of adults seeking substance use disorder treatment also smoke. Smoking is
associated with greater substance use disorder severity, poorer treatment outcome, and …

Background: Young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) have higher smoking rates and
lower cessation rates than young adults without SMI. Scalable interventions such as …