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Cigarette taxes as cigarette policy [PDF]

open access: yesTobacco Control, 1995
The taxation of tobacco products is universal in the modern state.1 Wherever tobacco products are consumed, they are taxed. Further, while taxation policy varies widely from state to state, the taxation of tobacco products is almost always an important element of government policy toward tobacco and toward smoking.
Franklin E Zimring, William Nelson
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The Application of Foundation Pit Monitoring Technology to the Excavation

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2015
The foundation pit monitoring plays an important role in the foundation pit supporting projects especially in those deep foundation pit projects. Through the whole monitoring of the foundation pit construction from the excavation to the backfill, we can ...
Qiu Jin, Li Fei
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Global Trends in Tobacco Cigarette Use among Adolescents: Prevalence of Use and Evidence Based Cessation Interventions

open access: yesJournal of Global Awareness, 2020
Tobacco use remains a global problem, and as a demographic group, adolescents are at a high risk of its adverse effects. In addition, disparities exist in strategies to address tobacco control, particularly among youth from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.
Rejoice Addae   +2 more
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Why and how to tax cigarettes

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011
Objective of the article is to identify the functions and requirements an excise tax on cigarettes should fulfil, next also to calculate a model for the taxation of cigarettes in the Czech Republic with practical relevance, and to formulate ...
Petr David
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Determination of Nicotine in Libyan Smokers and Nonsmokers’ Urine samples by Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry

open access: yesمجلة العلوم البحتة والتطبيقية, 2020
This study was aimed to determine the nicotine in Libyan smokers and nonsmokers ’urine. Twenty urine samples are collected from smokers and nonsmokers. Each volunteer was required to complete a questionnaire before providing the urine sample. The samples
Galal M. Elmanfe, Suad K. Omar , Ahmad B. Eznien
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Smoking behaviour among children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Monitoring, 2018
Smoking behaviour during adolescence is particularly important because the pattern of a person’s tobacco consumption in later life usually is established in this period. According to recent data from KiGGS Wave 2, 7.4% of 11 to 17 year-old girls and 7.0%
Johannes Zeiher   +2 more
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The Cigarette Controversy [PDF]

open access: yesCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2007
AbstractThis study examines the history of the cigarette controversy using the tobacco documents as a roadmap to explore the following four questions: (a) What did tobacco companies know about the health risks of smoking and when did they know it? (b) What evidence is there that tobacco companies conspired to deliberately mislead the public about the ...
K Michael, Cummings   +2 more
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E-Cigarettes and the Comparative Politics of Harm Reduction

open access: yes, 2023
This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes comparing the UK, US and Australia.

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Youth’s engagement and perceptions of disposable e-cigarettes: a UK focus group study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Objectives: Evidence suggests that use of flavoured disposable electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is increasing. Considering the growing popularity and rapid evolution of e-cigarettes, we explored youth’s perceptions and engagement with disposable e ...
MacKintosh, Anne Marie   +9 more
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An intelligent prediction method for tobacco threshing and redrying process parameters based on XGBoost

open access: yesDianzi Jishu Yingyong
The key parameters of the tobacco redrying process are crucial to the final product quality. The traditional parameter control method, which relies on experience, suffers from poor stability and response hysteresis, making it difficult to meet the ...
He Yi, Liao Yuean, Liu Yiliang, Pu Yi
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