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Impact of Scotland's smoke-free legislation on pregnancy complications: retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background:</b> Both active smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure are associated with pregnancy complications. In March 2006, Scotland implemented legislation prohibiting smoking in all wholly or partially enclosed public ...
Mackay Daniel F., Haw, S.J., Nelson Scott M., Pell, J.P., Pell, Jill, Mackay, D.F., Jill P Pell, Nelson, Scott M, Daniel F Mackay, Nelson, S.M., Pell Jill P., Mackay, Daniel F, Sally J Haw, Haw, Sally, Haw Sally J., Scott M Nelson   +15 more
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The association between various smoking behaviors, cotinine biomarkers and skin autofluorescence, a marker for advanced glycation end product accumulation.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundSkin autofluorescence, a biomarker for advanced glycation end products (AGEs) accumulation, has been shown to predict diabetes-related cardiovascular complications and is associated with several environmental and lifestyle factors.
Robert P van Waateringe, Marjonneke J Mook-Kanamori, Sandra N Slagter, Melanie M van der Klauw, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Reindert Graaff, Helen L Lutgers, Karsten Suhre, Mohammed M El-Din Selim, Dennis O Mook-Kanamori, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel   +10 more
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Environmental tobacco smoke and arsenic methylation capacity are associated with urothelial carcinoma

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013
Cigarette smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and arsenic exposure are well known risk factors for developing urothelial carcinoma (UC). We investigated the combined effects of cigarette smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and the presence of ...
Chia-Chang Wu, Mei-Chieh Chen, Yung-Kai Huang, Chao-Yuan Huang, Li-An Lai, Chi-Jung Chung, Horng-Sheng Shiue, Yeong-Shiau Pu, Ying-Chin Lin, Bor-Cheng Han, Yuan-Hung Wang, Yu-Mei Hsueh   +11 more
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A comparative study on tobacco prevalence and secondhand smoke exposure before and after the lockdown in Rizhao, China: analysis of 2022 and 2024 data

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThis study aims to compare the trends of tobacco prevalence and secondhand smoke exposure in Rizhao, China, before and after the lockdown, and to analyze the changes in residents’ awareness of smoking-related diseases.MethodTwo cross-sectional ...
Zhao-Hui Liang, Gui-Zhi Han, Miao-Miao Liu   +2 more
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Social Presence, Negative Emotions, and Self-Protective Behavioral Intentions of Nonsmokers in Response to Secondhand Smoking in Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Design. [PDF]

JMIR Serious Games, 2023
Liu M, Zhu Y, Xu Z, Meng S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, and Cardiovascular Disease

, 2007
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable cardiovascular disease (CVD). Epidemiologic and biologic evidence consistently demonstrates that smokers have an increased risk of CVD compared to nonsmokers. Both cardiac and extracardiac CVDs are more prevalent among smokers. Secondhand smoke is an important cause of CVD in nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke
Joaquin Barnoya, Stanton A. Glantz
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Tobacco Use : Smoking Secondhand Smoke [PDF]

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the US. Each year, around 443,000 people die from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million suffer from a serious illness from smoking.

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Estimating The Annual Cost of Smoking-Related Diseases in Indonesia [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Smoking plays a role in the development of chronic diseases and causes substantial negative economic consequences. This study was carried out to estimate the annual cost of smoking-related cardio-cerebrovascular and pulmonary diseases in ...
Hudoyo, Ahmad, Purwaningsih, Endang, Surtidewi, Lujna, Sutrisna, Bambang, Jusuf, Anwar, Kusmana, Dede, Setianto, Budhi   +6 more
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Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) [PDF]

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Casey Warman, Sabina Postolek, Christopher Carpenter   +2 more
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The association between the awareness of the effects of smoking/secondhand smoke and the desire to quit

, 2018
Background The harmful effects of smoking are well documented. Moreover, public knowledge and beliefs about the health risks of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure have increased substantially over the past several decades.
Panagiotis Behrakis, Filippos Filippidis, Yannis Tountas, Anne C.K. Quah, Ioanna Petroulia, Theodosia Peleki, Geoffrey T. Fong, Constantine Vardavas   +7 more
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