Tobacco smoking, epilepsy, and seizures

Rong, Lingling; Frontera, Alfred T.; Benbadis, Selim R.

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.11.022

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“…Cigarette smoking has been found to enhance dissemination of tumor cells in the body of patients with various types of cancer (Huang and Chen 2011;Medjber et al, 2015;Rong et al, 2014). Thus, tobacco-related agents concerning human health are more important than experimental tumor promoters in influencing metastatic abilities of tumor cells.…”

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α5-nAChR modulates nicotine-induced cell migration and invasion in A549 lung cancer cells

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2015

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

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α5-nAChR modulates nicotine-induced cell migration and invasion in A549 lung cancer cells

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2015

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

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“…Furthermore, many other constituents in tobacco smoke have demonstrated anticonvulsant effects, such as selenium and zinc [13]. On the other hand, there is some evidence from animal and human data suggesting that tobacco smoke or nicotine is associated with seizures or epilepsy [14]. For example, nicotine, when overdosed, has shown to cause seizures in human subjects.…”

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Midwakh-induced seizures: Case series from UAE

Alsaadi

Alkaddour

Shahrour

et al. 2014

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…Although cigarette smoking is strongly associated with lung cancer and heart disease [19], the prevalence of cigarette smoking among those with epilepsy is unclear. Smoking may increase seizure risk for those who are chronically active smokers and for those whose mothers smoked during pregnancy [20,21]. Many studies found a higher percentage of PWE who smoke cigarettes than those without the disorder [14,15,17,18].…”

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Health behaviors among people with epilepsy—Results from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

Cui

Zack

Kobau

et al. 2015

Epilepsy & Behavior

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Objectives This study aimed to estimate and compare the prevalence of selected health behavior—alcohol use, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and sufficient sleep—between people with and without a history of epilepsy in a large, nationally representative sample in the United States. Methods We used data from the 2010 cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to compare the prevalence of each health behavior for people with and without epilepsy while adjusting for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and family income. We also further categorized those with epilepsy into active epilepsy and inactive epilepsy and calculated their corresponding prevalences. Results The percentages of adults with a history of epilepsy (50.1%, 95% CI = 45.1%–55.2%) and with active epilepsy (44.4%, 95% CI = 37.6%–51.5%) who were current alcohol drinkers were significantly lower than that of those without epilepsy (65.1%, 95% CI = 64.2%–66.0%). About 21.8% (95% CI = 18.1%–25.9%) of adults with epilepsy and 19.3% (95% CI = 18.7%–19.9%) of adults without epilepsy were current smokers. Adults with active epilepsy were significantly less likely than adults without epilepsy to report following recommended physical activity guidelines for Americans (35.2%, 95% CI = 28.8%–42.1% vs. 46.3%, 95% CI = 45.4%–47.2%) and to report walking for at least ten minutes during the seven days prior to being surveyed (39.6%, 95% CI = 32.3%–47.4% vs. 50.8%, 95% CI = 49.9%–51.7%). The percentage of individuals with active epilepsy (49.8%, 95% CI = 42.0%–57.7%) who reported sleeping an average of 7 or 8 h a day was significantly lower than that of those without epilepsy (61.9%, 95% CI = 61.2%–62.7%). Conclusions Because adults with epilepsy are significantly less likely than adults without epilepsy to engage in recommended levels of physical activity and to get the encouraged amount of sleep for optimal health and well-being, promoting more safe physical activity and improved sleep quality is necessary among adults with epilepsy. Ending tobacco use and maintaining low levels of alcohol consumption would also better the health of adults with epilepsy.

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Tobacco smoking, epilepsy, and seizures

Cited by 44 publications

References 114 publications

α5-nAChR modulates nicotine-induced cell migration and invasion in A549 lung cancer cells

α5-nAChR modulates nicotine-induced cell migration and invasion in A549 lung cancer cells

Midwakh-induced seizures: Case series from UAE

Health behaviors among people with epilepsy—Results from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

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