Adolescence is a time of major plasticity of brain systems that regulate motivated behavior
and cognition, and is also the age of peak onset of nicotine use. Although there has been a …

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical
Practice Guideline, is a product of the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel (" the …

Background: The negative health effects of cigarette smoking and HIV infection are
synergistic. Objective: To compare the prevalence of current cigarette smoking and smoking …

This book is about how a group of men adapted themselves to life and adapted their lives to
themselves. It is also about the Grant Study, now seventy-five years old, out of which this …

OBJECTIVE: Until now, prospective studies of aging have begun with 50–60-year-olds, not
adolescents. Premature death, childhood variables, and alcohol abuse have been often …

Abstract The 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
(NESARC) sought to determine the prevalence of drinking, smoking, and associated …

Objective.—To determine the impact of tobacco-and alcohol-related deaths on overall
mortality following inpatient treatment for alcoholism and other nonnicotine drugs of …

When The Natural History of Alcoholism was first published in 1983, it was acclaimed in the
press as the single most important contribution to the literature on alcoholism since the first …

• To determine whether nicotine dependence, classified by level of severity, was associated
with other substance dependence, major depression, and anxiety disorders, we studied a …

Numerous research studies have shown that sociocultural factors influence the initiation and
continued use of alcohol and tobacco among adolescents and adults. Few studies have …