Background: Nicotine as a toxic agent in cigarette has detrimental effects on reproduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of of nicotine on germ and somatic cells in adult mouse testis. Materials and Methods: Male mice were divided into four groups. Group A or controls, groups of B, C and D were treated with nicotine intraperitoneally in doses of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 mg/100 g body w...

Background: Nicotine addiction is the inevitable result for many smokers. Regardless of control and intervention strategies smoking cessation, it important to determine nicotine dependence score each smoker. Objectives: To assess by FAGERSTRŐM Test (FTND score) find out association with some smoking-related comorbidities level education. Patients Methods: This a cross-sectional study on total 2...

previous studies in humans and animals have reported that nicotine administration decreases body weightand caloric intake. opiate and cigarette have been used concomitantly as drug abuse. the aim of the present study was, therefore, to analyze the effect of chronic co-administration of nicotine and morphine on food intake, body weight and on some feeding-associated peptides. all experiments wer...

background: nicotiana tobacco contains large amounts of alkaloid nicotine. tobacco plant is used for smoking and causes many health problems since it is high in nicotine which is one of the widely-recognized toxic compounds with serious side effects for different body organs. reducing nicotine content of this plant is a way to reduce its health hazards in cigarette smokers. utilizing the new me...

The prevalence of smoking those in residential alcohol and drug treatment programmes is high and the negative health effects of cigarette smoking are well established. Smoking cessation support is not regularly offered to clients in alcohol and drug treatment programmes in New Zealand. The aims for this study were to investigate the prevalence, clinical presentation and dependency features of s...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people's response to smoking cessation interventions. This descriptive study examined the benefits of a community-based, culturally tailored smoking cessation treatment program for LGBT smokers. METHODS A total of N = 198 LGBT individuals recruited from clinical practice and community outreach participated in gr...

Nicotine transdermal systems are being used as an aid to smoking cessation programs. As the kinetics of nicotine delivery is important in success of a smoking cessation program, rapid and high input of nicotine is required, which is not possible by passive methods and requires enhancement strategies such as iontophoresis. Iontophoretic permeation, of nicotine looks promising, based on published...

Administration of nicotine leads to incentive and behavioral tolerance in human and animals. Ascorbic acid administration inhibits some effects of nicotine. In the present study, the effects of ascorbic acid administration on the expression and development of nicotine-induced behavioral tolerance in female Swiss-Webster mice (20-25 g) was investigated. Animals were injected with nicotine (0.5 m...

Administration of nicotine leads to incentive and behavioral tolerance in human and animals. Ascorbic acid administration inhibits some effects of nicotine. In the present study, the effects of ascorbic acid administration on the expression and development of nicotine-induced behavioral tolerance in female Swiss-Webster mice (20-25 g) was investigated. Animals were injected with nicotine (0.5 m...