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The Effects of Educational Campaigns and Smoking Bans in Public Places on Smokers' Intention to Quit Smoking: Findings from 17 Cities in China

BioMed Research International, 2015
Despite the perceived success of educational campaigns and smoking bans in public places in China, the actual effects have not been investigated. This study examines the effects of the two policies by major characteristics of smokers and whether the ...
Biao Luo, Liang Wan, Liang Liang, Tieshan Li   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Peroxidasin enables melanoma immune escape by inhibiting natural killer cell cytotoxicity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Peroxidasin (PXDN) is secreted by melanoma cells and binds the NK cell receptor NKG2D, thereby suppressing NK cell activation and cytotoxicity. PXDN depletion restores NKG2D signaling and enables effective NK cell–mediated melanoma killing. These findings identify PXDN as a previously unrecognized immune evasion factor and a potential target to improve
Hsu‐Min Sung, David Bickel, Lena C. M. Krause, Daria Ezeriņa, Christian Ickes, Julian Wojtachnia, Christine S. Gibhardt, Magdalena Shumanska, Khadija Wahni, Andrea Paluschkiwitz, Julia Malo Pueyo, Ekaterina Baranova, Wim Vranken, Hedwig Stanisz, Ioana Stejerean‐Todoran, Michael P. Schön, Joris Messens, Ivan Bogeski   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of perceived neighborhood air quality problems with attempt to quit cigarette smoking: a cross-sectional study in Texas

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundCigarette smoking is the major preventable cause of premature deaths in the United States. Attempting to quit smoking is an important step toward smoking cessation.
Monalisa Chandra, Monalisa Chandra, Joel Fokom Domgue, Joel Fokom Domgue, Robert Yu, Sanjay Shete, Sanjay Shete, Sanjay Shete   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Web-Based Support Groups Versus Usual Quit-Smoking Care for Men and Women Aged 21-59 Years: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND Existing smoking cessation treatments are challenged by low engagement and high relapse rates, suggesting the need for more innovative, accessible, and interactive treatment strategies.
Calder, Douglas, Delucchi, Kevin, Pechmann, Cornelia Ann, Phillips, Connor, Prochaska, Judith J   +4 more
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The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network [PDF]

, 2008
Based on repeated surveys of 12,067 closely interconnected people between 1971 and 2000, examines the extent to which smoking spreads socially and to which groups of smokers quit together, as well as trends in the number and social centrality of ...
James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis
core   +1 more source

Stages of change of the readiness to quit smoking among a random sample of minority Arab -male smokers in Israel

BMC Public Health, 2015
BackgroundDespite advanced smoking prevention and cessation policies in many countries, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among indigenous and some ethnic minorities continues to be high.
N. Daoud, Samah Hayek, Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, K. Abu-Saad, A. Osman, James F. Thrasher, O. Kalter‐Leibovici   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Correlation of the differential expression of PIK3R1 and its spliced variant, p55α, in pan‐cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PIK3R1 undergoes alternative splicing to generate the isoforms, p85α and p55α. By combining large patient datasets with laboratory experiments, we show that PIK3R1 spliced variants shape cancer behavior. While tumors lose the protective p85α isoform, p55α is overexpressed, changes linked to poorer survival and more pronounced in African American ...
Ishita Gupta, Yang Song, Madeleine Ndahayo, Anirudh Saxena, Theresa Guo, Dylan Z. Kelley, Jessica Gore, Andrew Hennigan, Alexa Anderson, John C. Papadimitriou, Daria A. Gaykalova   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aiming at Tobacco Harm Reduction: A survey comparing smokers differing in readiness to quit

Harm Reduction Journal, 2006
Background Greece has the highest smoking rates (in the 15-nation bloc) in Europe. The purpose of this study was to investigate Greek smokers' intention and appraisal of capability to quit employing the theoretical frameworks of Decisional Balance (DB ...
Sarafidou Jasmin-Olga, Brouskeli Vasiliki, Loumakou Maria   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Smoker Identity and Smoking Cessation Among Young Smokers: The Role of Smoking Rationalization Beliefs and Cultural Value of Guanxi

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Although the relationship between smoker identity and smoking cessation behavior has been confirmed, the role of smoking-related beliefs and cultural values in this relationship for young smokers is little known.
Haide Chen, Yumeng Fan, Xinwei Li, Lingfeng Gao, Weijian Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of tobacco cessation education on behaviors ofnursing undergraduates in helping smoker to quit smoking [PDF]

, 2021
Li Zhang, Xian Huang, Tao Luo, Jiang Li, Mei Jiang, Han Chen   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source