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Price elasticity and other forces shaping cigarette demand in South Africa over 1996-2006 [PDF]
The study seeks to re-investigate the price elasticity of South African cigarette demand over the period 1996 to 2006. At first glance, rising cigarette prices seem to have played an important role in reducing cigarette consumption over the sample period,
Willem Boshoff
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Design Approaches for Oxygen Reduction Systems for Warehouse Storage Applications
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oxygen reduction systems (ORS) are protection systems, with a design protection objective to limit fire spread beyond the point of ignition. Research has shown that the prescriptive design methods, in VdS 3527, EN 16750, and ISO 20338, are not appropriate as prescriptive design methods as they result in insufficient protection levels.
Martin Nilsson +3 more
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Tobacco Prevention and CessationIntroduction Despite the lack of evidence supporting an association between certain cigarette design features (e.g. filter ventilation) and harm reduction, such features often perpetuate false perceptions of safety among people who smoke.
Parker A. Polston +3 more
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EU regulation of e-cigarettes a step closer.
, 2013 Regulation of electronic cigarettes and a ban on ‘slim’ cigarettes could be on the way following a vote by MEPs today. Nessa Childers MEP said there had been a strong vote today in her Public Health Committee on the EU tobacco control directive ...
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The debate – ‘e-cigarettes do more harm than good’.
, 2022 A debate on the pros and cons of e-cigarettes was one of the centerpieces of the Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2022. Prof Luke Clancy of the Tobacco Free Research Institute chaired the debate, which proposed that ‘e-cigarettes are more
Fogerty, James
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Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigated the causal effects of a college education on smoking, drinking alcohol, sleeping, and site‐specific cancer‐screening behaviors in Japan. To adjust for endogeneity, we leveraged a unique instrument—demographic distortion caused by a behavior based on a superstition.
Yichen Shen, Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi
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Tobacco Induced DiseasesIntroduction While initiation of adolescent cigarette smoking has declined in the last two decades, changes to smoking progression have not been examined. Methods Survey data were from five cohorts of youth in Southern California (grade 12 in 1995, 1998,
Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis +7 more
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Physical Activity and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Competing Risk Analysis
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Physical activity is associated with lower risk of liver cancer, but obtaining an unbiased estimate of the causal effect is challenging due to the competing risk of death due to any other cause. We performed a causal competing risk analysis to estimate the total effect of physical activity on risk of liver cancer in the presence of competing ...
Frances E. M. Albers +9 more
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Lifestyle Factors Associated With Colorectal Adenomas: Results From a Vietnamese Case–Control Study
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in Vietnam, evidence on lifestyle factors associated with colorectal adenomas (CRA) remains limited. We conducted a case–control study to examine lifestyle factors associated with CRA.
Chi Thi‐Du Tran +6 more
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Are e-cigarettes really a healthier alternative to smoking?
E-cigarettes emerged in the early 21st century as a safer health alternative to conventional cigarettes. E-cigarettes use e-liquids based on glycerine and propylene glycol.
Michał Zwoliński +7 more
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