An overview of alcohol and tobacco/nicotine interactions in the human laboratory

TL Verplaetse, SA McKee - The American journal of drug and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Alcohol use disorders and tobacco use contribute significant risk to the global
burden of disease, and each are major public health concerns. Together, alcohol and …

Consideration of sex and gender differences in addiction medication response

SA McKee, AL McRae-Clark - Biology of sex Differences, 2022 - Springer
Substance use continues to contribute to significant morbidity and mortality in the United
States, for both women and men, more so than any other preventable health condition. To …

How can we use our knowledge of alcohol-tobacco interactions to reduce alcohol use?

SA McKee, AH Weinberger - Annual review of clinical …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Transcranial direct current brain stimulation increases ability to resist smoking

M Falcone, L Bernardo, RL Ashare, R Hamilton… - Brain stimulation, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The ability to exert self-control over temptation is a fundamental component of
smoking behavior change. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral …

A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation

SA McKee, MN Potenza, H Kober… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Stress and prefrontal cognitive dysfunction have key roles in driving smoking; however,
there are no therapeutics for smoking cessation that attenuate the effects of stress on …

Deep rTMS of the insula and prefrontal cortex in smokers with schizophrenia: proof-of-concept study

SJ Moeller, R Gil, JJ Weinstein, T Baumvoll, K Wengler… - Schizophrenia, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with schizophrenia have a high prevalence of cigarette smoking and respond
poorly to conventional treatments, highlighting the need for new therapies. We conducted a …

Behavioral economic analysis of cue-elicited craving for tobacco: a virtual reality study

J Acker, J MacKillop - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Subjective craving is a prominent construct in the study of tobacco motivation;
yet, the precise measurement of tobacco craving poses several difficulties. A behavioral …

The effects of mindfulness-based yogic breathing on craving, affect, and smoking behavior.

S Lotfalian, CA Spears, LM Juliano - Psychology of Addictive …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Breathing practices are often incorporated into treatments for tobacco dependence, but there
is little direct research testing the efficacy of breathing practices. This study examined the …

Preliminary evidence of different and clinically meaningful opioid withdrawal phenotypes

KE Dunn, EM Weerts, AS Huhn, JR Schroeder… - Addiction …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health crisis. Differences in opioid withdrawal severity
that predict treatment outcome could facilitate the process of matching patients to treatments …

Smoking environment cues reduce ability to resist smoking as measured by a delay to smoking task

JG Stevenson, JA Oliver, MB Hallyburton… - Addictive Behaviors, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction: Environments associated with smoking may promote lapse and relapse in
smokers attempting to quit. Here we examined the effects of exposure to visual smoking …