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Residential exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and its associates: Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Poland [PDF]

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: Expanding the information on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at home and its associates is of great public health importance. The aim of the current analysis was to evaluate associates of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke ...
Dorota Kaleta, Piotr Wojtysiak, Bukola Usidame, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Adam Fronczak, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska   +5 more
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Tobacco smoke particles and indoor air quality (ToPIQ) - the protocol of a new study [PDF]

, 2011
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to indoor air pollution. Since decades it is well documented that ETS can be harmful to human health and cause premature death and disease.
David A Groneberg, Takemura, Masaya, Stefanie Uibel, Uibel, Stefanie, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Groneberg David A, Müller, Daniel, Daniel Mueller, Masaya Takemura, Mueller Daniel, Doris Klingelhoefer, Klingelhöfer, Doris, Klingelhoefer Doris, Uibel Stefanie, Braun Markus, Markus Braun, Braun, Markus, Takemura Masaya   +17 more
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Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for childhood asthma [PDF]

, 2010
<b>BACKGROUND:</b> Previous studies have shown that after the adoption of comprehensive smoke-free legislation, there is a reduction in respiratory symptoms among workers in bars.
Mackay, D., Haw, S., Pell, J.P., Pell, Jill, Daniel Mackay, Mackay, D, Fischbacher, C, Fischbacher, Colin, Pell, JP, Colin Fischbacher, Haw, S, Sally Haw, Fischbacher, C., Mackay, Daniel F, Ayres, Jon G, Haw, Sally, Jill P. Pell, Ayres, J.G., Ayres, Jonathan, Jon G. Ayres   +19 more
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How to ask about exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Spain

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Epidemiological studies that use surveys in the field of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are common because they have a reasonable cost and obtain detailed and retrospective information.
Ana Blanco-Ferreiro, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Carla Guerra-Tort, Cristina Candal-Pedreira, Julia Rey-Brandariz, Lucia Martin-Gisbert, Diana Carolina López-Medina, Leonor Varela-Lema, Agustín Montes, Alberto Ruano-Raviña   +9 more
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Meconium samples used to assess infant exposure to the components of ETS during pregnancy

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: The aim of the study was to use meconium samples to assess fetal exposure to compounds present in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Material and Methods: In order to assess fetal exposure to toxic tobacco smoke compounds, samples of meconium
Sylwia Narkowicz, Żaneta Polkowska, Bogumiła Kiełbratowska, Jacek Namieśnik   +3 more
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The effects of maternal environmental tobacco smoke exposure on periodontal health and mother-infant bonding in relation to salivary cotinine level

Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry, 2023
Background: Environmental tobacco smoking is produced by active smokers burning the tip of a cigarette and breathed by nonsmokers and measured by cotinine level. It has the potential to raise the risk of periodontal disease.
Nada Z Salim , Ban S Diab
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Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in response to smoke-free legislation in Scotland. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: "Smoke-Free" legislation prohibiting smoking in all enclosed public places was introduced in March 2006. This qualitative study presents insights from bar workers about their observations of the changing social bar environment, changing ...
Petticrew, Mark, Petticrew Mark, Mark Petticrew, Cameron, Jane, Jane Cameron, Hilton, Shona, MacLean, Alice, Alice MacLean, Hilton Shona, Shona Hilton, Cameron Jane, MacLean Alice   +11 more
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Prevalence of tobacco consumption and smoking and its effect on outcome among microbiologically confirmed new pulmonary tuberculosis patients on daily regimen of DOTS in Amritsar city

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Background: Tobacco consumption and smoking are causative factors that can create a favorable environment for tuberculosis and increase the morbidity and mortality attributed to it.
Himanshu Gupta, Sanjeev Mahajan, Mohan Lal, Adarshjot Kaur Toor, Shyam Sunder Deepti, Naresh Chawla   +5 more
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Changes in environmental tobacco smoke exposure over a 20-year period: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses [PDF]

, 2008
AIMS:  To examine long‐term changes in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in British men between 1978 and 2000, using serum cotinine. DESIGN:  Prospective cohort: British Regional Heart Study.
Jefferis, BJ, Feyerabend, C, Whincup, PH, Doig, M, Cook, DG, Lennon, LT, McMeekin, L, Wannamethee, SG, Thomson, AG   +8 more
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Smoking behaviour, involuntary smoking, attitudes towards smoke-free legislations, and tobacco control activities in the European Union [PDF]

, 2010
The six most important cost-effective policies on tobacco control can be measured by the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The objective of our study was to describe the correlation between the TCS and smoking prevalence, self-reported exposure to secondhand ...
Martínez Sánchez, Jose M., Martínez Martínez, Cristina, La Vecchia, Carlo, Gallus, Silvano, Sureda, Xisca, Clancy, Luke, Fu Balboa, Marcela, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, S. Gallus, Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez, Carlo La Vecchia, Xisca Sureda, La Vecchia Carlo, Clancy Luke, Luke Clancy, Martínez, Cristina, Silvano Gallus, Cristina Martínez, Marcela Fu, E. Fernández, Fu Marcela, J. M. Martínez Sánchez, C. La Vecchia, Sureda Xisca, Fernández, Esteve, Martínez Cristina, Gallus Silvano, Esteve Fernández, Fernández Esteve, L. Clancy, C. Martínez, Fu, Marcela, X. Sureda, Martínez-Sánchez Jose M., M. Fu, Jose M Martínez-Sánchez   +35 more
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