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Does College Education Promote Healthier Behaviors? Evidence From Demographic Distortion Caused by Japanese Superstition

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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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, S. Ghazaleh Dashti, Charles E. Matthews, Lin Yang, Darren R. Brenner, Linda M. Liao, Roger L. Milne, Dallas R. English, Katherine A. McGlynn, Brigid M. Lynch   +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, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Mo Thi Tran, Huong Thi‐Thu Pham, Hung Nguyen Luu, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Linh Cu Le   +6 more
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Controlled Trial of Cervical Cancer Screening Frequency Among Human Papillomavirus Vaccinated Women II: Cervical Pre‐Cancer End‐Points by Specific Non‐Vaccine HPV Types

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted a controlled trial among 5626 early adolescent women vaccinated in 2007–2009 against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16/18 to evaluate the impact of high‐intensity versus low‐intensity cervical screening, respectively at ages 22/25/28 and 28 years with squamous‐cell intraepithelial lesions (SILs) as the end‐point.
Matti Lehtinen, Mònica Ortega Llobet, Tiina Eriksson, Iacopo Baussano, Miriam Elfström, Mehran Ghaderi, Penelope Gray, Katja Harjula, Kaisa Heikkilä, Mari Hokkanen, Saara Kares, Camilla Lagheden, Pekka Nieminen, Anna Söderlund‐Strand, Joakim Dillner, Ville N. Pimenoff   +15 more
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Social Media Exposure and Other Correlates of Increased e-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents During Remote Schooling: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
BackgroundLittle is known about the role of exposure to e-cigarette–related digital content, behavioral and mental health factors, and social environment on the change in adolescent e-cigarette use during COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and remote ...
Vira Pravosud, Pamela M Ling, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Valerie Gribben   +3 more
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E-cigarettes – to use or not to use? [PDF]

BJPsych. International, 2016
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E-Cigarette Use Prevention Among Youth

International Journal of Addiction Nursing
Background: E-cigarette use among youth in the United States has become a public health epidemic. Adults who regularly interact with youth—such as coaches, mentors, counselors, trainers, and caregivers—can significantly influence youth perceptions and behaviors related to e-cigarette use, either positively or ...
Rachel S, Pierce, Lorraine M, Smith, Christina K A, Lubeck, Holly R, Stanislawski   +3 more
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Epigenetic Predictors of Smoking: External Validation and Association With Smoking‐Related Cancer Risk

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tobacco smoking has a strong influence on DNA methylation (DNAm), enabling the development of DNAm‐based smoking predictors, yet external evaluations of these have remained limited. We aimed to assess six DNAm‐based smoking predictors in a large sample of middle‐aged and older Australians for (i) their accuracy and reliability, and (ii) their ...
Xiaoyu Fan, Danmeng Lily Li, Allison M. Hodge, Julie K. Bassett, Nina Afshar, Melissa C. Southey, Graham G. Giles, Roger L. Milne, Pierre‐Antoine Dugué   +8 more
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Psychometric evaluation of the Self-Report Habit Index for assessing habitual e-cigarette use behavior in high school adolescents

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: E-cigarettes are the most-used nicotine product among adolescents, but limited psychometrically-sound, e-cigarette-relevant measures exist for adolescents.
Meghan E. Morean, Danielle R. Davis, Grace Kong, Krysten W. Bold, Amelia Talley, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin   +5 more
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Prospective Analysis of Breastfeeding History and Ovarian Cancer Risk: Results From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Breastfeeding has been found to be associated with decreased ovarian cancer risk, but prospective analyses are sparse and limited by insufficient sample sizes to assess associations by histotype and patient characteristics. To investigate the association between breastfeeding (ever/never, duration, and timing) and incident epithelial ovarian ...
Sable N. Fest, Allison F. Vitonis, Mary K. Townsend, Wenyi Fan, Brett M. Reid, Mollie E. Barnard, Amy Berrington, Gary E. Fraser, Montserrat Garcia‐Closas, Synnove F. Knutsen, James V. Lacey Jr, Roger L. Milne, Katie M. O'Brien, Jessica L. Petrick, Dale P. Sandler, Veronica Wendy Setiawan, Lynne R. Wilkens, Wei Zheng, Matthew B. Schabath, Holly R. Harris, Britton Trabert, Brooke L. Fridley, Nicolas Wentzensen, Kathryn L. Terry, Shelley S. Tworoger, Naoko Sasamoto   +25 more
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