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Is Smoking Delayed Smoking Averted?

American Journal of Public Health, 2003
Antismoking efforts often target teenagers in the hope of producing a new generation of never smokers. Teenagers are more responsive to tobacco taxes than are adults. The author summarizes recent evidence suggesting that delaying smoking initiation among teenagers through higher taxes does not generate proportionate reductions in prevalence rates ...
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Clinical Spectrum and Outcomes of SOX1 Antibody‐Associated Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes: A Chinese Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background SOX1 antibody‐positive paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) exhibit significant population‐specific clinical heterogeneity. While Western cohorts predominantly manifest Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (65%–80%), comprehensive clinical characterization and treatment response data in Asian populations remain critically ...
Jin‐Long Ye, Zu‐Ying Kuang, Bo Li, Meng‐Qiu Pan, Li‐Hua Zhou, Yang‐Yang Dai, Si‐Fen Xie, Xian‐Guang Lin, Ye‐Peng Hu, Li‐Hong Jiang, Zhan‐Hang Wang, Wei‐Jing Zhang   +11 more
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Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations [PDF]

, 2010
We determine enhancement ratios for NO_x, PAN, and other NO_y species from boreal biomass burning using aircraft data obtained during the ARCTAS-B campaign and examine the impact of these emissions on tropospheric ozone in the Arctic.
Alvarado, M. J., Crounse, J., Kurten, A., St. Clair, J. M., Wennberg, P. O.   +4 more
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Impact of Asymptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage on Outcome After Endovascular Stroke Treatment

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) achieves high rates of recanalization in acute large‐vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, but functional recovery remains heterogeneous. While symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) has been well studied, the prognostic impact of asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (aICH) after EVT is less certain ...
Shihai Yang, Chengsong Yue, Zhuang Li, Xiaolei Shi, Haoxuan Zhu, Jie Yang, Linyu Li, Jiaxing Song, Shitao Fan, Gaoming Li, Wenzhe Sun, Zhixian Ye, Jiacheng Huang, Dahong Yang, Jinfu Ma, Xu Xu, Zhixi Wang, Lilan Wang, Guojian Liu, Fengli Li, Changwei Guo, Li Qi, Wenjie Zi   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mind the Gap: Disparities in Cigarette Smoking in Canada

Tobacco Use Insights, 2019
Objectives: The Government of Canada has proposed an ‘endgame’ target for cigarette smoking that aims to reduce prevalence below 5% by 2035. To meet this difficult goal, it will be necessary to identify populations where interventions will (1) have the ...
Michael Chaiton, Cynthia Callard
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Using Digital Technology to Protect Health in Prolonged Poor Air Quality Episodes: A Case Study of the AirRater App during the Australian 2019–20 Fires

Fire, 2020
In the southern hemisphere summer of 2019–20, Australia experienced its most severe bushfire season on record. Smoke from fires affected 80% of the population, with large and prolonged exceedances of the Australian National Air Quality Standard for fine ...
Sharon L. Campbell, Penelope J. Jones, Grant J. Williamson, Amanda J. Wheeler, Christopher Lucani, David M. J. S. Bowman, Fay H. Johnston   +6 more
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Air Pollution and the Risk and Progression of Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Air pollution has been linked to several neurological conditions, including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Evidence regarding its association with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains conflicting, limited by small sample sizes. Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane controlled register of trials (CENTRAL) were searched on ...
Ahmad A. Toubasi, Thuraya N. Al‐Sayegh
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Summary of Regulatory Methods and Procedures for Determination of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Components in Tobacco Smoke

Contributions to Tobacco and Nicotine Research
Tobacco smoke consists of over 5000 chemical components, most of them are carcinogenic, respiratory toxicants, cardiovascular toxicants, addictive, etc.
Docheva Margarita H., Kirkova Desislava M., Stoyanova Liliya S.   +2 more
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Wildfire-driven thunderstorms cause a volcano-like stratospheric injection of smoke

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2018
Intense heating by wildfires can generate deep, smoke-infused thunderstorms, known as pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb), which can release a large quantity of smoke particles above jet aircraft cruising altitudes.
D. Peterson, J. Campbell, E. Hyer, M. Fromm, G. Kablick, J. Cossuth, M. DeLand   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Smoke generator [PDF]

, 1973
Generator is simple in construction, efficient, and extremely easy to start and regulate. It can be of such small size and weight that it can be installed easily inside a model.
Parrish, K. L.
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