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Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Little is known about electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among Chinese adolescents. We examined the prevalence of current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use and its associated factors in a large sample of adolescents in Hong Kong.
Nan Jiang, Man Ping Wang, Sai Yin Ho, Lok Tung Leung, Tai Hing Lam   +4 more
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Attempt to quit smoking by electronic cigarette use among smoking adolescents in Korea

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Adolescent smoking has remained a major challenge. With strengthening of tobacco control policy, smoking rates have consistently declined over the past decade.
Eunu Yuk, Sung Il Cho
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Cigarette Smoking and Leukemia [PDF]

Medical Dosimetry, 1987
Cigarette smoking has not been consistently associated with the subsequent development of leukemia. However, many of the earlier epidemiologic studies of leukemia have not considered specific histologic subtypes separately. The association between cigarette smoking and adult acute nonlymphocytic leukemia was examined in a case-control study of 114 ...
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Factors and HCV treatment outcomes associated with smoking among people who inject drugs on opioid agonist treatment: secondary analysis of the PREVAIL randomized clinical trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Cigarette smoking has emerged as a leading cause of mortality among people with hepatitis C virus (HCV). People who inject drugs (PWID) represent the largest group of adults infected with HCV in the US.
Irene Pericot-Valverde, Moonseong Heo, Matthew J. Akiyama, Brianna L. Norton, Linda Agyemang, Jiajing Niu, Alain H. Litwin   +6 more
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Cigarette Smoking and Infection [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004
Infectious diseases may rival cancer, heart disease, and chronic lung disease as sources of morbidity and mortality from smoking. We reviewed mechanisms by which smoking increases the risk of infection and the epidemiology of smoking-related infection, and delineated implications of this increased risk of infection among cigarette smokers.The MEDLINE ...
Lidia, Arcavi, Neal L, Benowitz
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Patterns of combustible and electronic cigarette use during pregnancy and associated pregnancy outcomes

Scientific Reports, 2021
Although pregnant smokers may perceive electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as safe alternatives to smoking combustible cigarettes, few studies have evaluated perinatal e-cigarette use and its associated health effects.
Annette K. Regan, Gavin Pereira
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The Prevalence and 5-Year Incidence Rate of Cigarette Smoking and Water-Pipe Tobacco Smoking and Their Associated Factors among 15 to 80 Years Old Urban Population in Southeast Iran: Results from KERCADR Study [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2022
Background: Cigarette and tobacco smoking are closely associated with chronic cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. We aimed to assess the prevalence and 5-year incidence rate (IR) of these two risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in Kerman ...
Hamid Najafipour, Amin Mahdavi, Zeinab Kordestani, Zahra Zamaninasab, Mitra Shadkam Farokhi, Atefeh Shamsadini, Elnaz Azizi   +6 more
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Trends of maternal waterpipe, cigarettes, and dual tobacco smoking in Jordan. A decade of lost opportunities.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundMaternal tobacco use is a global public health problem. In the literature, the focus was mainly on cigarette smoking, minimally on waterpipe use, and totally ignored dual use among pregnant women. We estimated the prevalence of current maternal
Khalid A Kheirallah, Nuha Shugaa Addin, Maan M Alolimat   +2 more
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Social influence of e-cigarette smoking prevalence on smoking behaviours among high-school teenagers: Microsimulation experiments.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The prevalence of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has rapidly increased among young people, while conventional cigarette use has decreased in this age group.
Dingding Chao, Hideki Hashimoto, Naoki Kondo   +2 more
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Population-level counterfactual trend modelling to examine the relationship between smoking prevalence and e-cigarette use among US adults

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Studies have suggested that some US adult smokers are switching away from smoking to e-cigarette use. Nationally representative data may reflect such changes in smoking by assessing trends in cigarette and e-cigarette prevalence. The objective
Floe Foxon, Arielle Selya, Joe Gitchell, Saul Shiffman   +3 more
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