Addictions – ODHA Dental Hygiene Newswire

Addictions January 26, 2024

Tobacco cessation interventions by oral health professionals

Key messages Advice and support from oral health professionals involving nicotine replacement therapy or e‐cigarettes are more likely to help clients stop smoking. Single or multiple sessions of advice and support may help clients stop smoking or using tobacco products. Background …

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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation article

Addictions January 19, 2024

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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation

Key messages Nicotine e-cigarettes can help individuals stop smoking for at least six months. Evidence shows they work better than nicotine replacement therapy and probably better than e-cigarettes without nicotine. They may work better than no support or behavioural support…

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Pharmacological and electronic cigarette interventions for smoking cessation in adults: Component network meta‐analyses

Addictions November 16, 2023

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Smoking cessation aids for adults

Background Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. Smoking cessation can reduce this harm, and many individuals would like to stop. There are a number of medications licenced globally to help individuals quit, and e‐cigarettes are used…

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Original quantitative research – Predictors of pod-type e-cigarette device use among Canadian youth and young adults

Addictions E-cigarettes New Research Smoking July 5, 2022

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Original quantitative research – Predictors of pod-type e-cigarette device use among Canadian youth and young adults

The research studied multiple potential risk factors of pod use among Canadian youth and young adults. It was based on a large sample of Canadian youth and young adults across Canada and comprehensive surveys. These surveys addressed various psychosocial, motivational and substance…

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Cannabis vaping among youth and young adults: A scoping review

Addictions Cannabis E-cigarettes New Research Smoking June 20, 2022

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Cannabis vaping among youth and young adults: A scoping review

Cannabis vaping is increasingly common among youth and young adults and more prevalent in settings where recreational use for adults has been legalized. According to a meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics, from 2013 to 2020, among adolescents in the USA and Canada, lifetime, past-12…

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E-cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off cigarettes

Addictions E-cigarettes Smoking April 29, 2022

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E-cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off cigarettes

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested smokers who are unable to quit smoking may benefit by switching from smoking cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they are able to avoid relapsing to cigarette smoking. However, there have been few studies…

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Addictions Cannabis COVID-19 Diseases December 15, 2021

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Drug use a factor in COVID breakthrough infections — Cocaine, cannabis users at highest risk

Fully vaccinated individuals with substance use disorders were more likely to have breakthrough COVID-19 infections than those without such disorder, researchers found. Adjusted analyses found breakthrough infection were higher in patients with all types of substance abuse disorders, except tobacco, and were…

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Addictions E-cigarettes Oral Health September 1, 2021

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The impact of vaping on periodontitis: A systematic review 

Focusing on a correlation between oral health and vaping, a recent study published on Wiley – Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, showed electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) exposure-mediated carbonyl stress leads to increased levels of prostaglandin-E2 and cyclooxygenase-2 in human gingival epithelium compared to…

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Addictions Cannabis E-cigarettes Smoking July 22, 2021

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Assessment of nicotine and cannabis vaping and respiratory symptoms in young adults

In a cross-sectional study of 2,553 young adults published in JAMA Network, cannabis vaping at any level was associated with increased odds of bronchitic symptoms, and cannabis vaping three or more times in the last month was associated with increased odds of…

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Addictions Opioids January 28, 2021

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Association of nonmedical prescription opioid use with subsequent heroin use initiation in adolescents

Many adolescents access prescription opioids from friends or relatives for nonmedical reasons. Concern is heightened if adolescent nonmedical prescription opioid use is associated with an increased risk of subsequently initiating heroin, a drug with substantial addiction potential that poses extensive medical, psychological,…

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