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Laurie Zawertailo 2024

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Laurie Zawertailo 2024

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Last updated: Jan 27, 2025
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elsevier.jpg Attentional bias in tobacco use disorder using eye tracking: A systematic review
Noreen Rahmani, Alma Rahimi, Kameron Iturralde, Laurie Zawertailo
Attentional bias, defined as the disproportionate attentional allocation towards drug-related stimuli, is well-demonstrated in substance use disorders. However, studies investigating attentional bias in tobacco use disorder have revealed inconclusive findings. In recent years, eye-tracking technology has emerged as an innovative technique for exploring…
https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e60677
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elsevier.jpgThe 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/10.1093/ntr/ntae006
elsevier.jpg 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…
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18139-z
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307445?journalCode=ajph
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02259-3
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…
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1286078

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