Vol. 5, Issue 2, April 2003
Focus: Treatment and methodology

What's New in Nicotine & Tobacco Research?
Richard Hébert

COMMENTARY

Introduction: Studies of tobacco dependence treatment and methodology
K. O. Fagerström

My career in psychopharmacology
M. Jarvik

A minimum six month prolonged abstinence should be required for evaluating smoking cessation trials
J. P. Pierce, E. A. Gilpin

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Effect of smoking reduction on later cessation: A pilot experimental study
M. J. Carpenter, J. R. Hughes, J. P. Keely

Discussion of NRT and other antismoking interventions in UK general practitioners’ routine consultations
T. Coleman, A. Wynn, S. Barrett, A. Wilson

Effects of the nicotine patch on performance during the first week of smoking cessation
M. R. Cook, M. M. Gerkovich, C. Graham, S. J. Hoffman, R. C. Peterson

Comparison of nicotine patch alone versus nicotine nasal spray alone versus a combination for treating smokers: A minimal intervention, randomized multicenter trial in a nonspecialized setting
G. A. Croghan, J. A. Sloan, I. T. Croghan, P. Novotny, R. D. Hurt, W. L. DeKrey, J. A. Mailliard, L. P. Ebbert, D. K. Swan, D. J. Walsh, M. Wiesenfeld, R. Levitt, P. Stella, P. A. Johnson, L. K. Tschetter, C. Loprinzi

Evaluation of an Internet-based smoking cessation program: Lessons learned from a pilot study
E. G. Feil, J. Noell, E. Lichtenstein, S. Boles, H. G. McKay

Comparison of the effects of combined nicotine replacement therapy versus cigarette smoking
K.-O. Haustein, J. Krause, H. Haustein, T. Rasmussen, N. Cort

A contingent payment model of smoking cessation: Effects on abstinence and withdrawal
S. H. Heil, J. W. Tidey, H. W. Holmes, G. J. Badger, S. T. Higgins

Predictors of quitting in hospitalized smokers
H. Lando, D. Hennrikus, M. McCarty, J. Vessey

Efficacy of Oral Transmucosal Nicotine Lozenge for Suppression of Withdrawal Symptoms in Smoking Abstinence
M. L. Muramoto, J. Ranger-Moore, S. J. Leischow

Naltrexone Treatment for Alcoholics: Effect on Cigarette Smoking Rates
D. J. Rohsenow, P. M. Monti, S. M. Colby, S. B. Gulliver, R. M. Swift, D. B. Abrams

The demand for nicotine replacement therapies
J. A. Tauras, F. J. Chaloupka

The heritability of failed smoking cessation and nicotine withdrawal in twins who smoked and attempted to quit
H. Xian, J. F. Scherrer, P. A. F. Madden, M. J. Lyons, M. Tsuang, W. R. True, S. A. Eisen

BRIEF REPORT

A factor analysis of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND)
A. Radzius, J. J. Gallo, D. H. Epstein, D. A. Gorelick, J. L. Cadet, G. E. Uhl, E. T. Moolchan

CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND SELECTED ABSTRACTS

Improving knowledge and treatments of nicotine addiction
Fourth SRNT Europe Meeting, Santander, Spain, 3 - 5 October 2002
C. A. Jiménez-Ruiz, J. Ayesta