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Psychometric properties of the Autonomy over Tobacco Scale in GermanR J Wellman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Eur Addict Res 18:76-82. 2012..We investigated the psychometric properties of a German translation of the 12-item Autonomy over Tobacco Scale (AUTOS) among 1,195 eighth-grade students...
A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokersRobert J Wellman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:575-80. 2006..The HONC is uniquely suited for use with smokers whose cigarette consumption is low...- The extent to which tobacco marketing and tobacco use in films contribute to children's use of tobacco: a meta-analysisRobert J Wellman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1285-96. 2006..To quantify the effect of exposure on initiation of tobacco use among adolescents... - A comparison of the psychometric properties of the hooked on nicotine checklist and the modified Fagerström tolerance questionnaireRobert J Wellman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 31:486-95. 2006..The most important advantage of the HONC is that it is measuring a clearly defined concept, diminished autonomy over tobacco, which begins when the sequelae of tobacco use present a barrier to quitting... - The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smokingRobert J Wellman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Worcester 01655, United States
Addict Behav 31:711-6. 2006..The shapes of the observed trajectories suggest that more than one process may be at work. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings... - Tobacco chippers report diminished autonomy over smokingRobert J Wellman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Worcester 01655, United States
Addict Behav 31:717-21. 2006..Although chippers may not warrant a dependence diagnosis, they may benefit from help with cessation. Autonomy over smoking may be a more useful basis than cigarette consumption rates for classifying smokers... - Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:704-10. 2007..The first study found that symptoms of dependence commonly appeared soon after the onset of intermittent smoking... - Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 120:e974-83. 2007..We studied a cohort of 1246 public school 6th-graders in 6 Massachusetts communities (mean age at baseline: 12.2 years)... - The Autonomy Over Smoking ScaleJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:656-65. 2009.... - The relationship between level of cigarette consumption and latency to the onset of retrospectively reported withdrawal symptomsW W S A Fernando
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 188:335-42. 2006..Consistent with the sensitization-homeostasis theory, low doses of nicotine can suppress withdrawal symptoms over long periods... - Screening adolescents for nicotine dependence: the Hooked On Nicotine ChecklistKatherine Carter Wheeler
Department of Biology/Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:225-30. 2004..70, p <.001, n = 88). CONCLUSIONS: Adding the HONC to routine adolescent health examinations, health classes, and prevention programs may make adolescents more aware of their symptoms of ND and enable intervention before ND progresses... - A sensitization-homeostasis model of nicotine craving, withdrawal, and tolerance: integrating the clinical and basic science literatureJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:9-26. 2005..It provides a framework for theory-based research... - Does progression through the stages of physical addiction indicate increasing overall addiction to tobacco?Joseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 219:815-22. 2012..As physical addiction advances, the desire to smoke changes in quality and intensity from wanting, to craving, to needing. A prior study in adolescents suggested that this progression signifies increasing addiction... - A comparison of the autonomy over tobacco scale and the Fagerström test for nicotine dependenceJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 37:856-61. 2012..Based on these results and those from prior studies, we conclude that the AUTOS offers researchers a valid and highly reliable, theory-based measure that is more versatile in its applications than the FTND... - A systematic review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependenceJoseph DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 35:373-82. 2010..However, the data do not support the central premise of a 3-symptom diagnostic threshold, and no data establish that the DSM-ND criteria provide an accurate diagnosis of nicotine dependence... - Tobacco promotion and the initiation of tobacco use: assessing the evidence for causalityJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 117:e1237-48. 2006..We sought to determine whether there is evidence of a causal link between exposure to tobacco promotion and the initiation of tobacco use by children... - Imaging brain activation in nicotine-sensitized ratsZhixin Li
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Brain Res 1199:91-9. 2008.... - Preventing cancer by controlling youth tobacco useJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 19:261-7. 2003..IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses have an important role to play in the battle against tobacco-induced malignancies through collaboration with community efforts or state initiatives... - Sensitization to nicotine: how the animal literature might inform future human researchJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
Nicotine Tob Res 9:9-20. 2007..Sensitization is incorporated into two theories of addiction: incentive-sensitization and sensitization-homeostasis. Whether sensitization occurs in humans and how it is expressed is unclear, as is its role in human addiction... - Diminished autonomy over tobacco can appear with the first cigarettesRobert Scragg
Epidemiology and Statistics Section, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Addict Behav 33:689-98. 2008..These data suggest that smoking one cigarette in total can prompt a loss of autonomy... - R-rated film viewing and adolescent smokingMurray Laugesen
Health New Zealand
Prev Med 45:454-9. 2007..As smoking is very common in R-rated films, we sought to determine if viewing R-rated films is associated with adolescent smoking... - Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: the Hooked on Nicotine ChecklistRobert J Wellman
Behavioral Sciences Department, Fitchburg State College, MA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:157-61. 2005..The HONC appears to be psychometrically sound in both adolescents and adults. It is a reliable and valid measure of lost autonomy for both novice and experienced smokers, and it allows for comparisons between these populations... - Early dating and smoking initiation: Some thoughts about a common causeJoseph R DiFranza
Addiction 101:1682-3. 2006