2019
Electronic cigarette and tobacco use in individuals entering methadone or buprenorphine treatment
Baldassarri SR, Fiellin DA, Savage ME, Madden LM, Beitel M, Dhingra LK, Fucito L, Camenga D, Bollampally P, Barry DT. Electronic cigarette and tobacco use in individuals entering methadone or buprenorphine treatment. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 197: 37-41. PMID: 30769264, PMCID: PMC6637405, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOpioid agonist therapyCurrent cigarette smokingCigarette smokingEC useHigher oddsFormer smokersLower oddsPsychiatric distressPast cigarette smokingElectronic cigarette useAgonist therapyCurrent smokersBuprenorphine treatmentChronic painTobacco useNicotine dependenceUse disordersSmokingCigarette useMultivariate analysisElectronic cigarettesSmokersCigarettesMultivariate model
2017
Use of Electronic Cigarettes Leads to Significant Beta2-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Occupancy: Evidence From a PET Imaging Study
Baldassarri SR, Hillmer AT, Anderson JM, Jatlow P, Nabulsi N, Labaree D, Cosgrove KP, O’Malley S, Eissenberg T, Krishnan-Sarin S, Esterlis I. Use of Electronic Cigarettes Leads to Significant Beta2-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Occupancy: Evidence From a PET Imaging Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2017, 20: 425-433. PMID: 28460123, PMCID: PMC5896427, DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntx091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood nicotine levelsAlternative nicotine delivery systemsNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsElectronic cigarettesNicotine delivery systemsCigarette smokersCigarette smokingTobacco cigarettesReceptor occupancyAbuse liabilityAcetylcholine receptorsNicotine levelsEC challengeCigarette smoking groupPositron emission tomography studyTobacco cigarette smokingEmission tomography studiesPET imaging studiesSmoking groupNeurologic effectsNicotine challengeNicotine addictionNicotine usersNovel radiotracersImaging studies