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Publications

Borchardt B, Kastaun S, Pashutina Y, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Motivation to stop smoking in the German population between 2016 - 2021 and associated factors: results from a repeated cross-sectional representative population survey (German Study on Tobacco Use, DEBRA study)

Kotz D, Acar Z, Kastaun S, Klosterhalfen S. 

Alayli AFG, Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Recreational Cannabidiol: Awareness, Prevalence of use, and Associated Factors in a Representative Sample of the German Population.

Gali K, Kastaun S, Pischke CR, Kotz D.

Trends and consumption patterns in the use of e-cigarettes among adolescents and young adults in Germany (DEBRA study).

Kotz D, Jackson S, Brown J, Kastaun S.

The effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation - a comparison with nicotine replacement therapy and no use of evidence-based cessation aids in the German Population. 

Kastaun S, Brose L, S, Scholz E, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Mental Health Symptoms and Associations with Tobacco Smoking, Dependence, Motivation, and Attempts to Quit: Findings from a Population Survey in Germany (DEBRA Study).

Mlinarić M, Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Exposure to Tobacco Smoking in Vehicles, Indoor, and Outdoor Settings in Germany: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Garnett C, Kastaun S, Brown J, Kotz D.

Alcohol consumption and associations with sociodemographic and health-related characteristics in Germany: A population survey

Pashutina Y, Kastaun S, Ratschen E, Shahab L, Kotz D.

External Validation of a Single-Item Scale to Measure Motivation to Stop Smoking: Findings from a Representative Population Survey (DEBRA Study)

Externe Validierung einer Single-Item Skala zur Erfassung der Motivaton zum Rauchstopp: Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsbefragung (DEBRA Studie)

Kastaun S, Brown J, Kotz D.

Association between income and education with quit attempts, use of cessation aids, and short-term success in tobacco smokers: A social gradient analysis from a population-based cross-sectional household survey in Germany (DEBRA study)

Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D, Boeckmann M, Kastaun S.

Waterpipe use and associated consumer characteristics in the German population: data from a national representative survey (DEBRA study)

Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Do people know that cigarette filters are mainly composed of synthetic material? A representative survey of the German population (the DEBRA study)

Kastaun S, Hildebrandt J, Kotz D.

Electronic Cigarettes to Vaporize Cannabis: Prevalence of Use and Associated Factors among Current Electronic Cigarette Users in Germany (DEBRA Study)

Kotz D, Batra A, Kastaun S.

Smoking cessation attempts and common strategies employed—a Germany-wide representative survey conducted in 19 waves from 2016 to 2019 (The DEBRA Study) and analyzed by socioeconomic status

Rauchstoppversuche und genutzte Entwöhnungsmethoden
Eine deutschlandweite repräsentative Befragung anhand sozioökonomischer Merkmale in 19 Wellen von 2016–2019 (DEBRA-Studie)

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Brief physician advice for smoking cessation: Results of the DEBRA study

Ärztliche Kurzberatung zur Tabakentwöhnung – Ergebnisse der DEBRA Studie

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Should advertising for electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products be banned in Germany? Results of a representative survey (DEBRA study)

Sollte Werbung für elektrische Zigaretten und Tabakerhitzer in Deutschland verboten werden? Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Befragung (DEBRA-Studie).

Kastaun S, Becker S, Kotz D.

How effective is the (e-) electric cigarette in smoking cessation?

Wie effektiv ist die elektrische (E-)Zigarette bei der Tabakentwöhnung?

Pädiatrische Praxis. 2019; 91:347-57.

Kastaun S, Kotz D, Brown J, Shahab L, Boeckmann M.

Public attitudes towards healthcare policies promoting tobacco cessation in Germany: results from the representative German study on tobacco use (DEBRA study)

Boeckmann M, Kotz D,
Shahab L, Brown J, Kastaun S.

German Public Support for Tobacco Control Policy Measures: Results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA), a Representative National Survey

Kotz D, Boeckmann M, Kastaun S.

​The use of tobacco, e-cigarettes, and methods to quit smoking in Germany—a representative study using 6 waves of data over 12 months (the DEBRA study)

Nutzung von Tabak und E-Zigaretten sowie Methoden zur Tabakentwöhnung in Deutschland
Eine repräsentative Befragung in 6 Wellen über 12 Monate (die DEBRA-Studie)

Kotz D, Kastaun S.

E-cigarettes and heat-not-burn products: representative data on consumer behaviour and associated factors in the German population (the DEBRA study)

E-Zigaretten und Tabakerhitzer: repräsentative Daten zu Konsumverhalten und assoziierten Faktoren in der deutschen Bevölkerung (die DEBRA-Studie)

Kastaun S, Brown J, Brose LS, et al.

Study protocol of the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA): a national household survey of smoking behaviour and cessation

Published DEBRA Factsheets

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Published Study Protocols

Klosterhalfen S, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Waterpipe use in Germany: prevalence of use and differences in person characteristics regarding age of initiation between 2018-2024

Klosterhalfen S, Freedman N, Kotz D

Waterpipe and co-use of inhaled nicotine and tobacco products: findings from a population-based cross-sectional household survey in Germany

Keller A M, Klosterhalfen S, Kastaun S, Kotz D

Use of heated tobacco products in the German population: trends in usage patterns and user characteristics (2018-2023).

Borchardt B, Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D

What proportion of cannabis users in Germany have spoken with their general practitioner about their consumption?

Klosterhalfen S, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Disposable e‐cigarettes in Germany: prevalence of use from 2016‐2023 and associated user characteristics

Acar Z, Jackson S, Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D

Physical activity and tobacco smoking in the German adult population

Kale D, Buss V, Garnett C, Kastaun S, Kotz D

Drink‐driving and its associations with sociodemographic characteristics and alcohol consumption levels in Germany: a population survey

Ulbricht S, Richter A, Kotz D, Kaustaun S

The intersections of age, gender, education, income, and region of residence in relation to motivation and attempt to quit smoking: a cross-sectional study of the German population

Kastaun S, Kotz D

Are people interested in receiving advice from their general practitioner on how to protect their health during heatwaves? A survey of the German population

Kotz D, Kastaun S, Manthey J, Hoch E, Klosterhalfen S

Use of cannabis in the German population: frequency of use, routes of administration, and co-use of inhaled nicotine and tobacco products

Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D, Kastaun S 

Perceived comparative general health risk of tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products: findings from a population-based cross-sectional household survey in Germany (DEBRA study)

Acar, Z, Kastaun S, Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D

Die Medienkampagne “Deine Chance”: assoziierte Merkmale bei der Wahrnehmung und dessen Auswirkungen auf den Rauchstopp

Wolters I, Kastaun S, Kotz D

The association between bodymass index and tobacco smoking, motivation to stop smoking, number of cigarettes smoked a day, and successful quit attempts in the German adult population (DEBRAstudy)

Kotz D, Perski O, Gali K, Brown J, Kastaun S

Associations between tobacco smoking and SARS-CoV‐2 / COVID-19 infections, disease severity, and duration in the German population

Kastaun S, Garnett C, Wilm S, Kotz D

Prevalence and characteristics of hazardous drinkers receiving general practitioners' brief advice on, and support with, alcohol consumption: a population survey in Germany

Borchardt B, Kastaun S, Pashutina Y, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Motivation to stop smoking in the German population: recent trends and associated factors (DEBRA study)

Alayli A, Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Recreational cannabidiol: awareness, prevalence of use and associated factors in the German population

Kastaun S, Brose L, Ratschen E, Scholz E, Viechtbauer W, Kotz D

Associations between tobacco smoking, motivation and attempts to quit, and anxio-depressive symptoms in Germany: findings from a population survey (DEBRA study)

Kotz D, Jackson S, Brown J, Kastaun S.

Real-world effectiveness of electronic cigarettes compared with nicotine replacement therapy and unaided quitting for smoking cessation in the German population (DEBRA study)

Kalitzkus V, Wilm S, Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Preference for the treatment of family members in the same general practice

Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Self-reported tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity change during the COVID-19 restrictions in Germany in spring 2020

Gali K, Kastaun S, Pischke CR, Kotz D.

Trends and consumption patterns in the use of electronic cigarettes and among adolescents and young adults in Germany

Garnett C, Kastaun S, Brown J, Kotz D.

Alcohol consumption and associations with socio‐demographic and other health-related characteristics in Germany: a population survey

Mlinarić M, Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Exposure to tobacco smoking in vehicles, indoors, and outdoors: prevalence and associated factors in the German population (DEBRA study)

Lectures

Kotz D.

Wie hoch ist der Anteil der Cannabis-Konsumierenden in Deutschland, die mit ihrem Hausarzt oder ihrer Hausärztin über ihren Konsum gesprochen haben? Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Befragung.

Vortrag auf dem 58. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin.
Würzburg, 26.09.2024.

Kotz D.

Kostenfreie Pharmakotherapie zur Tabakentwöhnung im Kontext hausärztlicher Kurzberatung: Ergebnisse einer pragmatischen, cluster-randomisierten, kontrollierten Pilot-Studie im Hausärztlichen Forschungspraxennetz HAFO.NRW

Vortrag auf dem 58. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin.
Würzburg, 27.09.2024.

Acar Z.

Nutzung digitaler Fragebögen durch Patient:innen mittels iPad und REDCap in Hausarztpraxen: Erfahrungen aus einer Pilot-Studie im Hausärztlichen Forschungspraxennetz HAFO.NRW

Vortrag auf dem 58. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin.
Würzburg, 28.09.2024.

Klosterhalfen S.

E-Zigarettenkonsum in Deutschland: aktuelle Entwicklungen und Implikationen für die hausärztliche Praxis.

Vortrag auf dem 58. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin.
Würzburg, 26.09.2024.

Klosterhalfen S.

E-Zigarettenkonsum in Deutschland: aktuelle Entwicklungen bei der Nutzung verschiedener Typen (Einweg, Pod, Tank) und assoziierte Personenmerkmale über den Zeitraum 2016-2023.

Vortrag auf dem 16. Deutschen Suchtkongress. Köln, 24.09.2024.

Klosterhalfen S.

Invited lecture: Waterpipe smoking in Germany.

2024 Annual International Meeting on Waterpipe Smoking and Cancer Research. Bologna, Italy, 13-14 June 2024.

Klosterhalfen S.

Vortrag auf Einladung: Cannabis- und Nikotinkonsum bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.

11. Kammerkolloquium Kindergesundheit. Düsseldorf, 22. Juni 2024.

Klosterhalfen S.

Poster presentation: Disposable e-cigarettes: trends in prevalence of use in Germany from 2016-2023 and associated user characteristics (DEBRA Study)

2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Edinburgh, 23 March 2024

PDF Poster Version

Klosterhalfen S.

Poster presentation: Waterpipe use in Germany: trends in prevalence, co-use of further nicotine-containing inhalation products, and perceived health risks of consumption (DEBRA Study)

2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Edinburgh, 22 March 2024

PDF Poster Version

Acar Z.

Poster presentation: Physical activity and tobacco smoking in the German adult population​

2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Edinburgh, 22 March 2024

PDF Poster Version

Klosterhalfen S.

Aktuelle Daten zum Rauchverhalten und zur Tabakentwöhnung in Deutschland.

Vortrag auf Einladung auf dem 36. Deutschen Krebskongress.
Berlin, 22. Februar 2024

Klosterhalfen S, Kastaun S, Kotz D.

"Do you smoke?" New insights into the consumption behaviour of waterpipe users and discussion of relevance in General Practitioners Care.

 57th Annual Meeting of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM)
Berlin, Germany, 28 September 2023

Kotz D.

Use of cannabis in the German population: frequency of use, co-use of inhaled nicotine and tobacco products, and preferred route of administration

22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
London, UK, 12 September 2023

Klosterhalfen S.

Waterpipe use in Germany: prevalence trends (2018-2022), co-use of inhaled nicotine and tobacco products, and preferred waterpipe smoking product

22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
London, UK, 12 September 2023

Acar Z.

Poster presentation: Physical activity and tobacco smoking in the German adult population

22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
London, UK, 12 September 2023

Klosterhalfen S.

Poster presentation: Perceptions of the relative harmfulness of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco heaters in comparison: results of a representative German population study (DEBRA study).

23rd Interdisciplinary Congress for Addiction Medicine, Germany, Munich, 30 June 2023

Mlinarić M. 

Invited lecture: Passive smoke exposure in Germany.

20th German tobacco control conference. Heidelberg, Germany, 8 December 2022

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Which effect did the national campaign "Your Chance" ("Deine Chance") have?

20th German tobacco control conference. Heidelberg, Germany, 7 December 2022

Klosterhalfen S.

Invited lecture: Risk perception regarding tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes and tobacco heaters in comparison (DEBRA).

20th German tobacco control conference. Heidelberg, Germany, 8 December 2022

Kotz D.

Effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation in the German population - a comparison with nicotine replacement therapy and no use of evidence-based support.

4th European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (Lisbon Addictions), Lisbon Portugal, 24 November 2022 

Kastaun S.

Mental health and associations with tobacco smoking and quitting behaviour in the population of Germany.

4th European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (Lisbon Addictions), Lisbon Portugal, 24 November 2022 

Klosterhalfen S.

Perceived health risks of heated tobacco products, tobacco cigarettes, and e-cigarettes: Findings from a population based cross-sectional household survey in Germany (DEBRA study).

4th European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (Lisbon Addictions), Lisbon Portugal, 24 November 2022 

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Smoking during times of Corona

22nd Interdisciplinary Congress for Addiction Medicine, Germany, Munich, 2 July 2022

Kastaun S.

Invited lecture: Current trends - Current data on the use of tobacco and new nicotine products (DEBRA study)

Berlin Capital Alliance meeting („Hauptstadtbündnissitzung“)       Online, 30 May 2022

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Do e-cigarettes help with quitting tobacco smoking? Current findings from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA)

22nd Forum for Consumer Protection „Chances and Risks of E-cigarettes“ by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR-Forum Verbraucherschutz). Berlin/online, 28 April 2022.

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Which effect did the national campaign "Your Chance" ("Deine Chance") have?

23rd  spring meeting of the Scientific Task Force Smoking Cessation (Wissenschaftliche Aktionskreis Tabakentwöhnung) 
Online, 23 March 2022

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Motivation to stop in Germany: associations and trends

19th German Tobacco Control Conference 
Online, 16 December 2021

Kastaun S.

Invited lecture: Current data on the consumption of tobacco and alternative nicotine products in Germany (DEBRA Study)

19th German Tobacco Control Conference 
Online, 16 December 2021

Klosterhalfen S.

Invited lecture: Use of waterpipes in Germany considering associated socio-demographic factors and migration background

19th German Tobacco Control Conference 
Online, 15 December 2021

Gali K, Kastaun S, Pischke CR, Kotz D.

Trends and consumption patterns in the use of electronic cigarettes among adolescents and young adults in Germany

21th Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
Online, 15 September 2021

Pashutina Y, Kastaun S, Ratschen E, Shahab L, Kotz D.

External Validation of a Single-Item Scale to Measure Motivation to Stop Smoking: Findings from a Representative Population Survey (DEBRA Study)

German Addiction Congress (Deutscher Suchtkongress)
Online, 15 September 2021

Klosterhalfen S, Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Did self‐reported tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity change during the COVID-19 restrictions in Germany in spring 2020? Findings from a population survey

German Addiction Congress (Deutscher Suchtkongress)
Online, 15 September 2021

Klosterhalfen S, Kastaun S, Kotz D, Böckmann M, Kuntz B, Zeiher J, Starker A.

Waterpipe consumption in Germany: prevalence, associated factors, and trends - results from two representative population surveys - DEBRA and KiGGS

German Addiction Congress (Deutscher Suchtkongress)
Online, 15 September 2021

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Smoking and smoking cessation in Germany: current data from the DEBRA Study

  138th Congress of the German Society of Surgery
Online, 13 April 2021

Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Invited lecture: Consumption of cigarettes, waterpipe, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in Germany: current data from the DEBRA study

  18th German Tobacco Control Conference
Heidelberg, Online, 02 December 2020

Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Invited lecture: Is successful smoking cessation associated with income and education? Current data from the DEBRA study

21st spring meeting of the Scientific Task Force Smoking Cessation (Wissenschaftlicher Aktionskreis Tabakentwöhnung)
Frankfurt, Germany, 11 March 2020

Kotz D, Kastaun S.

Invited lecture: Smoking cessation in Germany: who uses which methods?

  17th German Tobacco control conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 04 December 2019

Kastaun S, Scholz EF, Kotz D.

Is tobacco smoking related to anxio-depressive symptoms? Results of a representative survey of the German population

19th Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
Oslo, Norway, 14 September 2019

Kastaun S, Scholz EF, Kotz D.

Is tobacco smoking related to anxio-depressive symptoms? Results of a representative survey of the German population

55th Anual Conference of the German Society of Medical Sociology and the German Society of Social Medicin (55. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP))
Düsseldorf, Germany, 18 September 2019

Kotz D.

Smoking cessation in Germany: who uses which methods?", 20th spring meeting of the Scientific Task Force Smoking Cessation

55th Anual Conference of the German Society of Medical Sociology and the German Society of Social Medicin (55. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP))
Düsseldorf, Germany, 16 September 2019

Kotz D.

Invited lecture: Smoking cessation in Germany: who uses which methods?

20th spring meeting of the Scientific Task Force Smoking Cessation (Wissenschaftlicher Aktionskreis Tabakentwöhnung)
Frankfurt, Germany, 27 March 2019

Kastaun S.

Fact-check: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products - dissemination, customer profiles and motives. Results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA), a Representative National Survey

18th Suchtforum
Nürnberg, Germany, 21 November 2019

Kastaun S.

Fact-check: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products - dissemination, customer profiles and motives. Results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA), a Representative National Survey

18th Suchtforum
Munich, Germany, 20 March 2019

Kastaun S, Kotz D, Boeckmann M.

Public attitudes towards healthcare policies promoting tobacco cessation in Germany: results from the representative German study on tobacco use (DEBRA study)

German Conference of Healthcare Research
Berlin, Germany, 11 October 2018

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Rates of delivery of brief advice to stop smoking by German clinicians and associated factors: results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA)

18th Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
Munich, Germany, 07 September 2018

Kastaun S, Kotz D, Boeckmann M.

Heat-not-burn products: representative data on consumer behaviour and associated factors in the German population (the DEBRA study)

  18th Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe
Munich, Germany, 07 September 2018

Kotz D.

Heat-not-burn products: representative data on consumer behaviour and associated factors in the German population (the DEBRA study)

16th German Tobacco control conference
Heidelberg, Germany, 13 December 2018

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Brief physician advice for smoking cessation: Results of the DEBRA study

51thAnnual Meeting of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM)
Düsseldorf, Germany, 21 September 2017

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Project presentation: The German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA-Study)

50th Annual Meeting of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 29 September 2016

Kastaun S, Kotz D.

Project presentation: The German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA-Study)

German Addiction Congress (Deutscher Suchtkongress)
Berlin, Germany, 07 September 2016

Kastaun S.

Smoking cessation treatment in German primary care: how well are clinical guidelines implemented?

International Symposium on the DEBRA study
Düsseldorf, Germany, 30 June 2017