Pain and substance use are highly prevalent and co-occurring conditions that continue to
garner increasing clinical and empirical interest. Although nicotine and tobacco, alcohol …

Interrelations between pain, nicotine, and tobacco smoking are of increasing interest due to
their prevalence, public health impacts, and significant comorbidity (Fig. 1). Approximately …

Although animal models have consistently demonstrated acute pain inhibitory effects of
nicotine and tobacco, human experimental studies have yielded mixed results. The main …

Background Whereas acute nicotine administration alters brain function which may, in turn,
contribute to enhanced attention and performance, chronic cigarette smoking is linked with …

Pain and tobacco smoking are highly prevalent and comorbid conditions that impose
considerable burdens on individuals and health care systems. A recently proposed …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to examine the impact of smoking
and its role on the development of chronic pain and provide a critical review of recent …

Mounting evidence indicates that pain can motivate cigarette smoking behavior, smokers
have reliably endorsed the use of tobacco to cope with pain, and there is reason to suspect …

Introduction Pain has been implicated in the onset and maintenance of nicotine addiction,
and there is initial cross-sectional evidence of covariation between pain and the use of …

Background Some studies suggest cannabis use negatively affects tobacco cessation
outcomes, but findings have been mixed. We examined whether cannabis use was …

Objective As smoking impacts physiological pathways in the central nervous system, it is
important to consider the association between smoking and fibromyalgia, a pain condition …