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ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2013

Cigarette smoke exposure greatly increases alcohol consumption in adolescent C57BL/6 mice.

Benjamin E Burns, William R Proctor

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Nicotine Increases Alcohol Intake in Adolescent Male Rats.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2017
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  5. Time for Cigarette Smoke Exposure Chambers?Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016
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  7. Recent Advances in Nicotinic Receptor Signaling in Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2016
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  8. Smoking and cognitive impairment among older persons in Malaysia.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin E BurnsUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
William R Proctor
University of Colorado Denver · USVA Eastern Colorado Health Care System · US

Funding

Training Medical Students to Become Child PsychiatristsR25MH080859 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROSS, RANDAL G · 2007 to 2011
$649k
Nicotinic Receptor Modulation of Alcohol Effects on Brain Synaptic ActivityR21AA016548 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PROCTOR, WILLIAM R · 2008 to 2009
$402k
NIAAA NIH HHS R21AA016548NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH080859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlcohol and tobacco are often used together, and alcoholism is much more common among smokers compared with nonsmokers. Studies in humans suggest that nicotine (an active ingredient in cigarette smoke) can increase the consumption of alcohol. Research on rats and mice demonstrated mixed results; some studies report that nicotine increases alcohol consumption, while others show a decrease in drinking. Because cigarette smoke includes many other chemicals, these also may play a significant role in alcohol consumption. For example, 2 of these other constituents, monoamine oxidase inhibitors and acetaldehyde, increase alcohol tolerance and/or alcohol consumption in rodents. This study was designed to investigate how cigarette smoke from tobacco may modify self-administration of alcohol in adolescent C57BL/6 mice, a critical time when adolescent humans begin abusing drugs.

methodsC57BL/6 male mice (4 to 5 weeks old) were acclimated for 3 weeks to consume a 10% (w/v) alcohol solution during a 2-hour daily access in the dark. Subsequently, half the animals were exposed to cigarette smoke for 6 h/d for 16 days. The remaining animals (control) were placed in a smoke-free adjacent chamber. Immediately following the 6-hour period in the chambers, the control and smoke-exposed mice were given access to the 10% alcohol solution for 2 hours.

resultsAnimals exposed to cigarette smoke for 6 h/d consumed approximately 3- to 5-fold more alcohol than the mice in the control group throughout the 16-day study. The mice in the smoke group had a blood alcohol concentration that was nearly 4-fold that of the control mice.

conclusionsCigarette smoke increases alcohol consumption several fold higher than reported studies using nicotine treatment alone in adolescent rodents. Thus, this model should be useful to determine the roles of other bioactive components in cigarette smoke that may be important in the high co-abuse of smoking and alcohol consumption.

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Age FactorsAlcohol DrinkingAnimalsEthanolMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSelf AdministrationSmokingTobacco Smoke PollutionEthanolTobacco Smoke Pollution

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PMID22827559
PMCPMC4240006
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