Resource Tag: TOBACCO USE

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Impulse control, lifetime history of aggression, suicide risk, & platelet monoamine oxidase activity was assessed in 82 male offenders imprisoned for homicide or other violent acts & in 54 control male subjects. Offenders showed significantly higher scores in Impulse Control, Past Feelings & Acts of Violence, Suicide Risk & Hopkins Symptom Check List-10 scales. Platelet […]

This study tested the hypothesis that suicide smokers would show higher nicotine & cotinine levels in blood & urine than non-suicide smokers. Nicotine & cotinine levels in 87 deceased Japanese individuals (18 suicide victims & 69 non-suicides) were determined by gas chromatography. The smoking rate was 77.8% for those who died by suicide & 42.4% […]

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This study aims to determine if cigarette smoking is associated with engaging in other health-risk behaviours among high school students in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,466 students in senior high schol in Okinawa. In the logistic regression models, controlled for sociodemographic variables, smoking was significantly associated with all health-risk behaviours, including suicide ideation, […]

A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1152 women, ages 18-65, recruited from family practice clinics from 1997-1999. They were screened for intimate partner violence during a brief clinic interview & physical & mental health status was assessed in a follow-up interview. Intimate partner violence was associated with poor perceived mental & physical health, substance abuse, […]

This study sought to determine if varenicline, a smoking cessation product, is associated with an increased risk of suicide & suicidal behaviour compared with alternative treatments bupropion & nicotine replacement therapy. A cohort study was done with 80,660 patients, aged 18-95 years, who were prescribed a new course of a smoking cessation product between September […]

This study compared 1993 & 1995 self-reported suicidal behaviour in relation to tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, school misconduct, academic difficulties, home environment, sexual activity, & violence among 7th- to 12th-grade adolescents in a medium-sized Midwest school district. Independent factors accounted for more variance in male suicidal behaviour than in female suicidal behaviour. As […]

A secondary analysis of the Uganda Global School-Based Health Survey 2003 was conducted to obtain the prevalence of & assess factors that may be associated with suicide ideation among school-going adolescents in rural Uganda. 21.3% of males & 23.5% of females had seriously considered suicide within the past 12 months. Loneliness & worry were positively […]

The relationship of childhood residential mobility to health problems during adolescence & adulthood was examined. How much these apparent relationships may result from underlying adverse childhood experiences was determined. A retrospective cohort study of 8116 adults was conducted. After adjustment for demographic variables, the risk of high residential mobility during childhood was 1.7 to 3.1-fold […]

A cross-sectional study in 3 schools & 2 colleges in south Delhi was conducted to examine the prevalence of suicidal behaviour & its epidemiological correlates among adolescent students. A total of 550 students, age 14-19 years, were selected by cluster sampling. Data was analysed by proportions, chi square tests, & bivariate logistic regression. About 15.8% […]

In this letter to the editor, Lester briefly reports on a study exploring the association of tobacco consumption & rates of suicide & homicide over time in Norway. Simple Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that the percentage of smokers was negatively associated with male suicide & homicide rates but not with female suicide & homicide rates. […]

Data on current drinking, binge drinking, & other health risk behaviours from the 2003 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey were analysed. Binge-drinking rates were similar among boys & girls. Students who binge drank were more likely than both nondrinkers & current drinkers who did not binge to report poor school performance & involvement in other […]

Soluble interleukin-2 receptor concentrations in plasma were measured & temperament & character profiles & their potential correlation were investigated in formerly depressed patients with a history of suicide attempt. There were no significant differences in soluble interleukin-2 receptor concentrations in plasma between the patient group & age- & gender-matched controls. When compared to controls, suicide […]

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Please see SIEC #2006-0603 for the original study.

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