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Image AddedThe effects of alcohol use on smoking cessation treatment with nicotine replacement therapy: An observational study

Benjamin Wong, Scott Veldhuizen, Nadia Minian, Laurie Zawertailo, Peter Selby

Concurrent users of tobacco and alcohol are at greater risk of harm than use of either substance alone. It remains unclear how concurrent tobacco and alcohol use affects smoking cessation across levels of alcohol use and related…

https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13975

https://journals.lww.com/cja/fulltext/2024/09000/_i_really_didn_t_see_a_lot_of_this_in_my.7.aspx

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Rethinking Substance Use as Social History: Charting a Way Forward

Nikki Bozinoff, Robert Kleinman, Matthew Sloan, Mary Clare Kennedy, Seonaid Nolan, Peter Selby, Csilla Kalocsai, Evan Wood

Physicians have traditionally asked about substance use within the Social History section of the consultation note. Drawing on social science theory and using the authors’ own experiences as generalists and addiction scholars, we consider the possible unintended harms associated with this approach. The inclusion of the substance use history…

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Image Added Type-switching of short-acting nicotine replacement therapy products and its implications for treatment

Created by Scott Veldhuizen, Laurie Zawertailo, Peter Selby

The frequency with which people change from one medical treatment to another partly reflects satisfaction with the initial intervention. In this secondary analysis of observational data, we explore switch rates…

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Image Added Implementing the European code of cancer practice in rural settings

Created by David Nelson, Peter Selby, Ros Kane, Ava Harding-Bell, Amanda Kenny, Kathie McPeake, Samuel Cooke, Todd Hogue, Kathy Oliver, Mark Gussy, Mark Lawler.

Existing evidence often indicates higher cancer incidence and mortality rates, later diagnosis, lower screening uptake and poorer long-term survival for people living in rural…

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Image Added A Computer-Assisted Telephone Collaborative Care Intervention Provided by Lay Providers for the Treatment of Comorbid Depression and at-Risk Drinking: Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Created by Helena Kim, Osnat Melamed, Matthew Sloan, M. Ishrat Husain, David Rodie, Athina Perivolaris, Paul Kurdyak, David Oslin, Rose Geist, Peter Selby, Benoit Mulsant.

Virtual collaborative care for people with comorbid depression and at-risk drinking lacks strong evidence. Our aim was to assess the impact of 12 months of telephone collaborative care (tCC) versus enhanced usual care (eUC) on depression and drinking…

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Identifying clinical predictors of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation: Secondary analysis of a multicenter RCT

Victor Tang, Laurie Zawertailo, Peter Selby, Abraham Zangen, Dhvani Mehta, Tony George, Bernard Le Foll, Kristina Gicas. Matthew Sloan, Scott Veldhuizen

Tobacco smoking remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While evidence-based treatments exist for nicotine dependence, many patients do not respond to or cannot tolerate them. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a novel, non-invasive neuromodulation treatment that stimulates parts of the brain involved in addiction [1]. Recently, the Brainsway H4 deep TMS coil was cleared by the FDA and Health Canada for the treatment for…