Results 41 to 50 of about 242,907 (315)
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999 Cigarette smoking is the largest preventable risk factor for morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Dramatic changes in the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the second half of this century in the United States (i.e., a reduction among men and an increase among women) have reduced current smoking levels to approximately one quarter of the ...
A W, Bergen, N, Caporaso
openaire +2 more sources
Efficient expression of a novel α-amylase for reduction of tobacco starch and smoke hazard
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe combustion of excessive starch in tobacco leaves leads to more harmful substances, adversely affecting the sensory properties of tobacco and posing significant risks to human health.
Zongchen Han +9 more
doaj +1 more source
Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Objective: Smoking represents a major public health problem among patients with schizophrenia. To this end, some studies have investigated the efficacy of varenicline for facilitating smoking cessation in schizophrenia patients.
Saeed Ahmed +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020 Introduction Use of tobacco products among adolescents is a major global public health concern. Given the changing landscape of tobacco product use and the lack of epidemiologic data to inform tobacco prevention and control strategies in Kuwait, this ...
Ali Esmaeil* +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Smoking as an Issue of Concern among School Students in an Egyptian Rural Area [PDF]
The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal, 2019 : Background: Smoking is a public health problem with a rising prevalence. A large percentage of smokers start smoking during adolescence, affecting their school achievement. Objectives: The current study is aiming to 1.
Taghreed M. Farahat +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2019 This essay tracks the dynamic and inextricably bound interactions between the cigarette’s changing spheres of production and consumption, the connected distributional practices and socio-political regulations as well as the material or rather immaterial ‘
Gerulf Hirt
doaj +1 more source
Cigarettes and addiction [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 Unless the prevalence of smoking falls substantially, 0.5 billion of the world's present population will die prematurely from disease caused by tobacco.1 Without considerable changes in the regulation of products that deliver nicotine it will be difficult to achieve substantial further falls in mortality in the United States or to reduce tobacco ...
Henningfield, Jack E, Benowitz, Neal L
openaire +4 more sources
Marketing of menthol cigarettes and consumer perceptions [PDF]
, 2011 In order to more fully understand why individuals smoke menthol cigarettes, it is important to understand the perceptions held by youth and adults regarding menthol cigarettes.
Joshua Rising, Lori Alexander
core +1 more source
Electronic cigarettes’ effects on respiratory health [PDF]
, 2023 Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). ECs have been sold as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes due to the lack of tobacco combustion since 2006.
Tonia Magrì +2 more
core +1 more source
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley +1 more source