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Vehicle Fires: Significant Fire Hazard in Transportation Infrastructure

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vehicle flammability poses a critical threat to transportation infrastructure, with recent fires in depots, tunnels, and car parks highlighting systemic vulnerabilities. These incidents often result in the total loss of vehicles and buildings, revealing the inadequacy of current fire safety standards for vehicle materials.
Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus, Andrea Klippel, Kira Piechnik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Efforts to Reprioritise the Agenda" in China: British American Tobacco's Efforts to Influence Public Policy on Secondhand Smoke in China. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Each year, 540 million Chinese are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS), resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. Smoke-free policies have been demonstrated to decrease overall cigarette consumption, encourage smokers to quit, and protect the ...
Gan, Quan, Hurt, Richard D, Muggli Monique E, Richard D Hurt, Lee Kelley, Hurt Richard D, Ebbert, Jon O, Kelley Lee, Gan Quan, Muggli, Monique E, Lee, Kelley, Quan Gan, Monique E Muggli, Jon O Ebbert, Ebbert Jon O   +14 more
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Effects of Unfiltered Cigarettes on Smoking Behavior and Toxicant Exposure: Protocol for a Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial

JMIR Research Protocols, 2020
BackgroundPlastic filters on cigarette butts are a widespread source of nonbiodegradable, toxic environmental waste. State and local legislation to ban the sale of single-use cigarettes may be considered to prevent this waste, but scientific evidence on ...
Oren, Eyal, Pulvers, Kim, Romero, Devan R, Barber, Casey, Carter, Erika, Tracy, Laree A, Novotny, Thomas E   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paraben Exposure in the General Taiwanese Population: Reference Values, Personal Care Products, and Cumulative Risk Assessment

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parabens (parahydroxybenzoates), which are frequently used as preservatives in pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, and personal care products, have recently attracted considerable attention due to their adverse health effects and endocrine‐disrupting properties.
Jung‐Wei Chang, Yen‐Hsuan Huang, Hsin‐Chang Chen, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Wan‐Ting Chang, Po‐Chin Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey Experiment on How Legal Status of Nicotine Products Influences Young Adults' Perceptions and Choices

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how sales bans influence young adults' perceptions and their interest in using combustible and non‐combustible nicotine products in Türkiye. Using a scenario‐based, between‐subjects experimental design, participants aged 18–30 were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: cigarettes or e‐cigarettes, framed as either
Asena Caner, Belgi Turan, Berna Tarı Kasnakoğlu, Yenal Can Yiğit, Donald S. Kenkel, Alan D. Mathios   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current concepts on oxidative/carbonyl stress, inflammation and epigenetics in pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2011
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem. The current therapies for COPD are poorly effective and the mainstays of pharmacotherapy are bronchodilators.
Hongwei Yao, Yao, Hongwei, Rahman, Irfan, Irfan Rahman   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The effects of hookah/waterpipe smoking on general health and the cardiovascular system

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2019
Hookah or waterpipe smoking or use is an emerging trend in the US population, especially among the youth. The misperception of hookah being less harmful than cigarettes and the availability of different but “appealing” flavors are considered among the ...
Hanan Qasim, Ahmed B. Alarabi, Karem H. Alzoubi, Zubair A. Karim, Fatima Z. Alshbool, Fadi T. Khasawneh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
wiley   +1 more source

Equal before time: on the sensory suspension of accumulated time in Sichuan, China Égaux devant le temps : suspension sensorielle du temps accumulé au Sichuan (Chine)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Food and alcohol indulgence, along with tea‐drinking, gambling, and gossip, are integral to a characteristically Sichuanese ethos of ‘life enjoyment’ (xiangshou shenghuo). Beyond mere pleasure, sensory, ludic, and comic experiences temporarily strip participants of both their formal and subjective qualities.
Angel Nayden
wiley   +1 more source

Cigarette smoke extract-induced injury in alveolar cells in model systems.

Cigarette smoke contributes to many diseases. The actions of second and third hand smoke, which have implications for non-smokers and the very young, are just beginning to be appreciated. The overarching hypothesis of this project is that cigarette smoke
Downs, Charles Aldon
core   +5 more sources