OBJECTIVES: To review tobacco use and dependence including nicotine pharmacology and addiction, and pharmacologic treatment. DATA SOURCES: Professional journals, books, government publications. CONCLUSION: Smoking is addictive and a major health problem. Habitual nicotine use is central to sustaining smoking dependence. This article provides the necessary basis for understanding nicotine addiction and pharmacologic therapies. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses' knowledge about nicotine addiction is important in helping patients to quit smoking.
OBJECTIVES: To review tobacco use and dependence including nicotine pharmacology and addiction, and pharmacologic treatment. DATA SOURCES: Professional journals, books, government publications. CONCLUSION: Smoking is addictive and a major health problem. Habitual nicotine use is central to sustaining smoking dependence. This article provides the necessary basis for understanding nicotine addiction and pharmacologic therapies. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses' knowledge about nicotine addiction is important in helping patients to quit smoking.
Authors: Oscar V Torres; Luis A Natividad; Hugo A Tejeda; Susan A Van Weelden; Laura E O'Dell Journal: Psychopharmacology (Berl) Date: 2009-07-23 Impact factor: 4.530
Authors: Eeva-Liisa Tuovinen; Suoma E Saarni; Taru H Kinnunen; Hanna Ollila; Otto Ruokolainen; Kristiina Patja; Satu Männistö; Pekka Jousilahti; Jaakko Kaprio; Tellervo Korhonen Journal: Nordisk Alkohol Nark Date: 2018-09-20