nicotine dependence

collocation in English

meaningsofnicotineanddependence

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nicotine
noun[U]
uk
/ˈnɪk.ə.tiːn/
us
/ˈnɪk.ə.t̬iːn/
a poisonous chemical, found in tobacco, that ...
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dependence
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈpen.dəns/
us
/dɪˈpen.dəns/
the situation in which you need something or someone all the time, especially in order to continue existing ...
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Thus, the onset ofnicotinedependencerefers to the age at which multiple symptoms occurred, as opposed to the age at the earliest symptom.
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Questions relating to both smoking andnicotinedependencereferred to the respondent's situation at the time of interview.
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These results are consistent with the concept that continuance of smoking may relate to the severity ofnicotinedependenceand withdrawal symptoms experienced.
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A population-based twin study in women of smoking initiation andnicotinedependence.
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A population based twin study in women of smoking initiation andnicotinedependence.
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Although the relationship of psychiatric disorders withnicotinedependenceand early smoking has been previously examined, our results cannot be directly compared with previous reports.
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In turn the consequence of this would be to increase both daily cigarette intake and risks ofnicotinedependence.
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Using this information, participants were classified on measures of alcohol dependence and other illicit drug dependence in the preceding 12 months and currentnicotinedependence.
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The section onnicotinedependenceinquires first whether the respondents have ever smoked daily for a month or more.
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There seems to be little doubt on the basis of the accumulated evidence that major depression is co-morbid with both daily smoking andnicotinedependence.
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We used a measure for daily smoking that does not distinguish between regular smoking andnicotinedependence.
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The salient behavioral indices ofnicotinedependenceare similar for women and men.
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We excluded predictors confounded with other predictors (ever married, and past year major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, andnicotinedependence).
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Investigation of mechanisms linking depressed mood tonicotinedependence.
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However,nicotinedependencewas not assessed at this age.
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Young people who reported smoking were also asked a series of custom written survey items designed to assess symptom criteria fornicotinedependence.
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The potential role ofnicotinedependencein predicting psychiatric disorders among persons who smoked occasionally but never daily could not be estimated.
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Excluding the self-report variables andnicotinedependence, 98.4 % of the sample had complete data.
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In addition, all associations were adjusted for daily cigarette intake andnicotinedependenceat the previous interval.
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For daily smoking, a negative binomial regression model was fitted whereas fornicotinedependence, a logistic regression model was fitted.
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