Tobacco Use Disorder
Educational texts raise physicians’ confidence in treating tobacco use disorder
SAN DIEGO — After receiving educational texts on tobacco use disorder treatment for 13 days, physicians felt more confident treating this disorder, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Digital solution for smoking cessation shows positive results in randomized trial
A behavioral change digital health company has announced positive results from a randomized controlled trial for its app-based digital tool for tobacco use cessation.
Facilitation improves provision of some substance abuse medications in HIV clinics
Implementation facilitation at HIV clinics led to increased provision of medications for tobacco use and alcohol use disorders, but not of medications for opioid use disorders, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
VIDEO: Tobacco use ‘big issue’ for psychiatric patients
In a video interview with Healio, Lyons Hardy, MS, RN, P-MHNP, talked about the importance of addressing tobacco use disorder in psychiatric patients.
Patients with substance use disorder at higher risk for breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections
The risk for a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection was significantly higher among patients with a substance use disorder than those without one, a population-based cohort study showed.
Bisexual, gay, lesbian individuals at high risk for substance use, psychiatric disorders
Bisexual, gay and lesbian individuals were more likely to have alcohol or tobacco use disorder and a comorbid psychiatric disorder, according to results of a survey study published in American Journal of Psychiatry.
Smoking cessation for 30 years confers reduced PAD risk similar to never smokers
Smoking has been shown to have significant associations with peripheral artery disease, CHD and stroke, with the strongest link seen for PAD, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.