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Tobacco control policies and perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco smoking and smoke exposure during pregnancy and childhood cause considerable childhood morbidity and mortality. We aimed to determine whether implementation of the World Health Organization's recommended tobacco control policies ...
Timor Faber, Arun Kumar, Johan P Mackenbach, Christopher Millett, Sanjay Basu, Aziz Sheikh, Jasper V Been   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the 2009 Federal Tobacco Excise Tax Increase on Youth Tobacco Use [PDF]

, 2012
Based on surveys of eighth-, tenth-, and twelfth-grade students, examines how the tobacco tax increase affected their use of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Frank J. Chaloupka, IV, Jidong Huang
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Patient‐ and Clinician‐Related Factors Associated With the Reduction in Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Non‐Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Despite known risks, opioids are widely used for chronic non‐cancer pain (CNCP). Clinical guidelines now recommend deprescribing, but factors predicting success are poorly understood. This systematic review aimed to identify clinician and patient factors associated with attaining successful opioid dose reduction or discontinuation in adults with CNCP ...
Alessandra C. Marcelo, Sarah N. Hilmer, David J. Hunter, Stephanie Mathieson, Riyaas Mohamed, Leo Li, Natalie Fung, Anthony Yue, Manuela L. Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning‐based prediction of elevated N terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide among US general population

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 859-868, April 2025.
Abstract Aims Natriuretic peptide‐based pre‐heart failure screening has been proposed in recent guidelines. However, an effective strategy to identify screening targets from the general population, more than half of which are at risk for heart failure or pre‐heart failure, has not been well established.
Yuichiro Mori, Shingo Fukuma, Kyohei Yamaji, Atsushi Mizuno, Naoki Kondo, Kosuke Inoue   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Support for a Smoke-free University Policy

The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 2018
Health care professionals have an essential role in tobacco control through supporting tobacco control policy actions by promoting smoke-free workplaces and extending tobacco cessation programs.To assess determinants of support for a smoke-free university policy among dental students.A cross-sectional study of dental students was carried out.
openaire   +2 more sources

Solid Biofuel Usage and Households' Behavior Toward Energy Choice in Northwest Ethiopia

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This study analyzed household energy choice behavior in northwest Ethiopia using an integrated energy stacking and decision‐making framework. Evidence shows dominant reliance on solid biomass and a fuel‐stacking pattern, while urban residences, higher income, and education increase clean energy adoption, highlighting the need for pro‐poor, context ...
Habtamu Setargachew Molla, Zemen Ayalew Ayele, Essa Chanie Mussa, Marelign Adugna Mesele   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

It’s time we made smoking history! Tobacco control in Malta : the present and the future [PDF]

, 1999
Tobacco products have no safe level of consumption. They are the only legal consumer products that cause ill health and premature death when used exactly as the manufacturer intends.
Sammut, Mario R.
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Multiobjective Optimization of Hydrogen‐Assisted Calophyllum inophyllum Biodiesel Operation in a Compression Ignition Engine

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Tri‐fuel diesel–Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel–hydrogen operation was tested over 96 points in a diesel engine. Eight performance and emission metrics feed a preference‐agnostic Bootstrapped Empirical Multiobjective Ranking and Selection methodology, revealing load‐blend‐hydrogen windows that increase efficiency, restrain smoke, and expose NOx trade ...
C. Naga Kumar, Nageswara Rao Dayadi, J. M. Babu, Srinivasa Reddy Yarram, Ravikiran Chintalapudi, Bridjesh Pappula   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of Mayor Bloomberg’s Public Health Legacy [PDF]

, 2014
As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s last term was coming to an end, Professor Gostin wrote an article for the Hasting Center Report addressing Bloomberg’s public health legacy.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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