Schuyler C. Lawson , Karin Kasza , R.Lorraine Collins , Richard J. O’Connor , Gregory G. Homish
{"title":"Exploring relationships among smoking cessation app use, smoking behavioral outcomes, and pharmacotherapy utilization among individuals who smoke cigarettes","authors":"Schuyler C. Lawson , Karin Kasza , R.Lorraine Collins , Richard J. O’Connor , Gregory G. Homish","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108354","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108354","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Most individuals who smoke cigarettes are interested in quitting, but many are unable to quit. Fewer than one-third of individuals who smoke cigarettes attempt to quit using FDA-approved cessation methods, such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and prescription medications. Smoking cessation apps (SCAs) provide individuals with personalized quit plans, information about smoking cessation treatments, craving management strategies, and other features. However, their relationship to NRT/prescription medication utilization and quit attempts is understudied.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a longitudinal secondary data analysis using a subset of adults who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, currently smoked every day or some days, and planned to quit within a year. This subset was drawn from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, a nationally representative cohort study. We utilized Generalizing Estimating Equation models to examine the longitudinal associations between SCA use initiation and the following outcomes across 2014–2019: NRT, prescription medications, and quit attempts.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>SCA use initiation was associated with greater odds of prescription medication utilization (AOR = 2.43, 95 % CI: 1.63, 3.64; <em>p</em> < 0.05). Likewise, SCA use initiation was associated with greater odds of making a quit attempt (AOR = 1.38, 95 % CI: 1.09, 1.76; <em>p</em> < 0.01), but not NRT utilization.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Among adults who regularly smoked cigarettes and had plans to quit, SCA use initiation was associated with prescription medication utilization and quit attempts but not NRT utilization. SCAs may have utility as a population-level intervention but specific features needed to be studied further.</div><div>Abbreviations: SCA, Smoking Cessation App; NRT, Nicotine Replacement Therapy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143799068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unraveling the core symptoms across distinct trajectories of problematic Internet use among 27,577 adolescents: Cross-lagged panel network analyses","authors":"Shuiqing Huang , Zijuan Ma , Fang Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108356","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108356","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Problematic Internet Use (PIU) often begins in adolescence and develops along diverse trajectories. Understanding the interaction between PIU symptoms and identifying the core PIU symptoms that drive distinct trajectories among adolescents are crucial. We employed cross-lagged panel network analyses to examine temporal relationships of PIU symptoms among Chinese adolescents across four developmental trajectories over two time points. A total of 27,577 adolescents (Mean age = 13.8, SD = 1.5) participated in this study. Demographic variables and PIU symptoms were collected from December 17 to 26, 2021 (T1) and from May 17 to June 5, 2022 (T2). The symptom “Reluctant to stop” in the resilient group and “Uncontrollable checking” in the alleviating group at T1 were most predictive of remission of other symptoms at T2, while “Empty life” in the deteriorating group and “Feeling of missing” in the persistent dysfunction group were most strongly associated with worsening of other PIU symptoms. Improving self-control is likely to promote healthy and beneficial Internet use among adolescents, while enhancing social connection and fostering exercise habits may help mitigate negative emotions and reduce the emergence of additional PIU symptoms among adolescents who have developed PIU.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108356"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143799067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Connor D. Martin , Connor R. Miller , Ashleigh C. Block , Lisa M. Kaiser, Maciej L. Goniewicz
{"title":"Switching between vaping devices, nicotine concentration, and flavors among people who use e-cigarettes daily: Results from a 12-Month longitudinal study","authors":"Connor D. Martin , Connor R. Miller , Ashleigh C. Block , Lisa M. Kaiser, Maciej L. Goniewicz","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108313","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108313","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>E-cigarettes vary widely in product characteristics (e.g., device type, nicotine concentration, and flavor). Little is known about how people who use e-cigarettes switch between products with different characteristics. We tracked the stability/variability in characteristics of products used by individuals who vaped e-cigarettes daily over one year.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Of 126 enrolled participants who vaped e-cigarettes daily and did not use other nicotine products, 80 completed 12 monthly study visits. Participants reported device type, nicotine concentration, and flavors used in the past 30 days at each visit. Participants were also asked to bring e-cigarette devices and e-liquids to each visit. Study staff took pictures of products carried by participants and categorized product characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Over one year, 35.0 % of participants did not change device type, nicotine concentration, or flavor type. However, 35 % of participants changed device type, 31.3 % changed nicotine concentration, and 46.3 % changed flavor at least once. The most common change in device type was switching from open to closed system devices (67.9 %). The rate of switching from low to high nicotine (≤24 vs. > 24 mg/mL) was more common than the reverse (56.6 % vs. 43.4 %). The most common change in flavor was switching between Fruit/Sweet and Hybrid (Fruit/Sweet with a cooling additive, 75.7 % of flavor switching events).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Most study participants switched one product characteristic at least once during a 12-month study period. Users most frequently switched flavors and least frequently switched nicotine concentrations. Future studies should consider the variability of product use patterns among people who use e-cigarettes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Cooper , Hannah R. Day , Chunfeng Ren , Olusola Oniyide , Catherine G. Corey , Bridget K. Ambrose , K. Michael Cummings , James Sargent , Ray Niaura , John P. Pierce , Annette Kaufman , Kelvin Choi , Maciej L. Goniewicz , Cassandra A. Stanton , Andrea Villanti , Karin Kasza , Maansi Bansal-Travers , Marushka L. Silveira , Heather L. Kimmel , Lynn C. Hull , Andrew J. Hyland
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Correlates of tobacco product initiation among youth and young adults between waves 1–4 of the population assessment of tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2018)” [Addict. Behav. 134 (2022) 107396]","authors":"Maria Cooper , Hannah R. Day , Chunfeng Ren , Olusola Oniyide , Catherine G. Corey , Bridget K. Ambrose , K. Michael Cummings , James Sargent , Ray Niaura , John P. Pierce , Annette Kaufman , Kelvin Choi , Maciej L. Goniewicz , Cassandra A. Stanton , Andrea Villanti , Karin Kasza , Maansi Bansal-Travers , Marushka L. Silveira , Heather L. Kimmel , Lynn C. Hull , Andrew J. Hyland","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108343","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 108343"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143733542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendi Shi , Ying Zhao , Jiaqi Zhou, Jiangboheng Shi
{"title":"Differential neural reward processes in internet addiction: A systematic review of brain imaging research","authors":"Wendi Shi , Ying Zhao , Jiaqi Zhou, Jiangboheng Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108346","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108346","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This systematic review aims to examine the neural correlates of reward processing in various forms of Internet Addiction (IA) among adults, including generalized IA and specific conditions such as Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). The study seeks to identify distinct patterns of altered connectivity and activation in reward-related brain regions across different IA subtypes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed findings from 44 neuroimaging studies, aligning with the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. The review focused on three key aspects of reward processing: responsiveness, learning, and valuation. Studies included both structural and functional neuroimaging data from adult populations with various forms of IA.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Findings suggest distinct patterns of altered connectivity and activation in reward-related brain regions across different IA subtypes. IGD is associated with widespread abnormalities in both structural and functional connectivity within the reward network, whereas excess social media use primarily affects the amygdala-striatal system. However, methodological limitations, including variability in IA definitions, lack of comparative studies between IA subtypes, and predominance of cross-sectional designs, hinder definitive conclusions.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This review underscores the need for a nuanced approach to IA, recognizing potentially distinct neural mechanisms across subtypes. Such insights could inform the development of targeted interventions and enhance the clinical utility of IA research and treatment. Future research should address current methodological limitations to provide more definitive conclusions about the neurobiological underpinnings of various forms of IA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108346"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Communicating differences in tobacco product risks: Timing is of the essence” [Addict. Behav. 76 (2018) 388–389]","authors":"Ray Niaura","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 108339"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143722973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review of familial protective and risk factors","authors":"Teodora-Carina Petrescu , Agata Błachnio , Violeta Enea","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108345","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108345","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Empirical research investigated psycho-social factors associated with the development and maintenance of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in children and adolescents, but their potential role has not been highlighted in systematic reviews. The aims of the current systematic review were to (1) summarize and synthesize findings from empirical research on family factors related to children and adolescents’ IGD; (2) identify familial protective and risk factors that are related to the development and maintenance of IGD in children and adolescents, and (3) provide suggestions for future research. A number of 64 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria in the review from the following databases: <em>Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, Google Academic,</em> and <em>APA PsycNet.</em> Family variables have been significantly connected to gaming addiction levels in children and adolescents. Results were divided into five main themes: <em>parental mediation</em>, <em>positive parenting</em>, <em>poor parenting, familial disharmony,</em> and <em>familial socioeconomic status</em>. Protective factors included parental knowledge and positive parenting, while poor parenting, familial disharmony and familial socioeconomic status with all their sub-themes represented risk factors. Restrictive mediation and affected parenting provided inconclusive results that deserve further research. Familial connection is imperative for gaming addiction prevention. A stressful familial environment (e.g., parental conflicts) could increase gaming addiction coping behavior. Longitudinal and cross-sectional results provided inconsistent results regarding the role of parental depression and parental mediation in children’s gaming addiction development. Cross-cultural studies are needed on familial factors related to children’s gaming addiction. Further longitudinal studies could provide answers for conflicting or underexplored areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108345"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143714402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decreases in smartphone overuse and moderators among adults in general after the COVID-19 outbreak: A three-year prospective study","authors":"Toshitaka Hamamura , Taiki Oka , Masaru Honjo , Yuki Sakai , Saori C. Tanaka , Toshinori Chiba , Nao Kobayashi","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led many individuals to utilize digital devices, including smartphones, to minimize in-person activities. How the pandemic brought about a long-term impact on smartphone overuse is still unclear owing to mixed results of previous studies. This prospective study investigated whether levels of smartphone overuse increased over three years after the COVID-19 outbreak. Recruited through a research marketing company, 86,827 Japanese adults were deemed eligible to take part in this study and responded to three outcome measures of smartphone overuse and other measures related to smartphone use and COVID-19. Data collection occurred before the outbreak in December 2019 and at six subsequent time points between the first outbreak in Japan and December 2022. Contrary to the hypothesis, a growth model analysis (GMA) revealed downward trajectories in all three smartphone overuse measures: the Smartphone Addiction Scale, Short Version, GMA <em>d</em> = −0.13; smartphone overuse, GMA <em>d</em> = −0.14; and negative consequences from overuse, GMA <em>d</em> = −0.23. A complete case analysis suggested the robustness of these effect sizes. Moderators of the declines in all three outcome measures included spending less money on purchasing new apps and stronger beliefs about not having contracted COVID-19. As individuals turned to online platforms during the COVID-19 outbreak, high reliance on digital technologies, once perceived as overuse before the pandemic, may have become necessary preventive measures against the pandemic, resulting in diminished smartphone overuse.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 108329"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Risk factors for the development of problem gambling in individuals with ADHD symptoms: The mediating roles of gambling engagement and ADHD characteristics” [Addict. Behav. 166 (2025) 108327]","authors":"Keita Tokumitsu , Norio Sugawara , Takahiro Tabuchi , Norio Yasui-Furukori","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108333","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 108333"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143702433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Roberts , Rebecca Clarke , Fay Laidler , Jim Rogers , Claire Harman , Henrietta Bowden-Jones , Lauren Smith , Steve Sharman
{"title":"Screening for gambling-related harm: Scholarly commentary addictive behaviors","authors":"Amanda Roberts , Rebecca Clarke , Fay Laidler , Jim Rogers , Claire Harman , Henrietta Bowden-Jones , Lauren Smith , Steve Sharman","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It has been surmised that there are approximately 1.6 million adults in England alone who may benefit from some type of support in relation to harmful gambling. Harmful gambling is a public health issue linked to psychological comorbidity, poor mental and physical health, and high levels of suicidality, and there is pressing need for initiatives and opportunities to identify gambling related harms before crisis level is reached.Harmful gambling is a term recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to mean gambling of any frequency that causes harm, problems or distress for the person.</div><div>People experiencing harmful gambling are shown to be high users of health services and support services, despite low levels of help-seeking behaviour for gambling itself, which can often be ‘crisis driven’ (i.e. only seeking help after experiencing severe harms like a suicide attempt). This leads to overutilisation and unnecessary burden on such services, addressing a symptom of the disorder (e.g., depression), rather than addressing the underlying cause (i.e., the harmful gambling). Consequently, support services such as healthcare services, third sector organisations and the criminal justice system are well placed to provide secondary prevention initiatives (i.e., routine screening/referral to treatment) for harmful gambling, before the individual reaches crisis point. The commentary highlights where secondary prevention initiatives can be placed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 108335"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}