2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health

Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 1:30 PM
Room 101 A

A Translational Approach to Nicotine, Smoking and Weight

Cora Lee Wetherington, PhD, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, cwetheri@nida.nih.gov, Andrea C. King, PhD, University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, aking@bsd.uchicago.edu, Michele D. Levine, PhD, Unversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, LevineM@upmc.edu, Amy L. Copeland, PhD, Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, copelan@lsu.edu, Bonnie Spring, PhD, Northwestern University, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, bspring@northwestern.edu, Allison Chausmer, PhD, achausme@nida.nih.gov.

Learning Objectives: Apply knowledge of basic research to relapse issues related to weight gain. Better understand the impact of weight concerns on quit attempts and relapse. Understand some cessation pharmacotherapies that may also address weight concerns.

Audience: Interest for this workshop should cut across the meeting participants, from researchers to clinicians to cessation counselors.

Key Points: Although 8 out of 10 people say they want to quit smoking, only a small proportion actually make a quit attempt, with an even smaller proportion succeeding in staying quit for at least 6 months. One of the primary reasons smokers give for failing to follow through with a quit attempt, or for returning to smoking, is concern about weight gain. This workshop seeks to take a translational approach to basic human research and treatment studies on nicotine, weight and food intake, and inform treatment strategies and interventions. Dr. Andrea King will discuss naltrexone, smoking cessation, and cessation-related weight gain. Dr. Michele Levine will discuss post-partum women, smoking and weight gain/weight concerns. Dr. Amy Copeland will discuss smoking expectancies and pretreatment attrition among weight-concerned women. Dr. Bonnie Spring will discuss behavioral interventions to reduce post-cessation weight gain.

Learning Objectives: Participants will have a better understanding of the interaction between smoking, quitting, and weight concerns.

Benefits: The research presented may help inform treatment strategies and optimize cessation success.


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