Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are a family of acetylcholine-gated cation
channels that form the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptors on muscles and …

Knowledge of the epidemiology of tobacco use and dependence can be used to guide
research initiatives, intervention programs, and policy decisions. Both the reduction in the …

This reprinted article originally appeared in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2002, Vol 111
(4), 531-545.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2002-06065 …

Outpatients followed in an alcoholic clinic and who fulfilled DSM‐III‐R criteria for alcohol
dependence and had used both tobacco (at least one cigarette every day) and alcohol in the …

Data from a nationally representative sample of US adults (n= 42 862) were used to explore
the associations between drinking and smoking, on a lifetime and past-year basis, and …

Currently, 8.5% of the US population meets criteria for alcohol use disorders, with a total cost
to the US economy estimated at $234 billion per year. Alcohol and tobacco use share a high …

Ethanol shares with all major dependence producing drugs the ability to activate brain
mesocorticolimbic dopamine neurons, an important part of the brain reward systems. This …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the effect of ethanol on ion channels. Ion
channels play critical roles in nervous system function from initiating rapid synaptic activity to …

BACKGROUND: Alcohol and tobacco are commonly co-administered, yet little is known
about the effects of acute nicotine administration on alcohol consumption in humans. This …

It has been suggested that ethanol may interact with the central nicotinic acetylcholine
receptor, thus providing a basis for the often observed high consumption of both ethanol and …