TY - JOUR
T1 - A bioinformational systems perspective on tobacco dependence
AU - NIAURA, RAYMOND
AU - GOLDSTEIN, MICHAEL
AU - ABRAMS, DAVID
PY - 1991/5
Y1 - 1991/5
N2 - Recent thinking about tobacco dependence has been influenced largely by a focus on the pharmacological effects of nicotine. We advocate a return to earlier views of dependence as comprising both pharmacological and non‐pharmacological aspects. Moreover, we suggest that it may be profitable to reformulate research on dependence in terms of a bioinformational process model. The basic tenets of such a model are outlined, as are the challenges in exploring the nature of dependence simultaneously across the cognitive, physiological and behavioral domains of function.
AB - Recent thinking about tobacco dependence has been influenced largely by a focus on the pharmacological effects of nicotine. We advocate a return to earlier views of dependence as comprising both pharmacological and non‐pharmacological aspects. Moreover, we suggest that it may be profitable to reformulate research on dependence in terms of a bioinformational process model. The basic tenets of such a model are outlined, as are the challenges in exploring the nature of dependence simultaneously across the cognitive, physiological and behavioral domains of function.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01814.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01814.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1859925
AN - SCOPUS:0025810586
SN - 0952-0481
VL - 86
SP - 593
EP - 597
JO - British Journal of Addiction
JF - British Journal of Addiction
IS - 5
ER -