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Initial responses to the first dose of nicotine in novel smokers: the role of exposure to environmental smoking and genetic predisposition.
Psychology & health - 1 Jan 2014
Schuck Kathrin, Otten Roy, Engels Rutger C M E, Kleinjan Marloes
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BACKGROUND: Sensitivity to initial smoking constitutes an early predictor of the risk of dependence. We investigated the role of exposure to smoking (by parents, siblings, and peers) and reward-related candidate gene polymorphisms (OPRM1 A118G, DRD2 TaqlA and DRD4 bp VNTR) in adolescents' responses to initial smoking. METHODS: We used cross-sectional survey data and saliva samples from 171 Dutch students who had...
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