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Member states of the FCTC can generate self-sustaining funding by applying the polluter-pay principle to the tobacco industry

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Compared to the size of the problem and the public health work to be done, the FCTC remains woefully underfunded.
Neil Collishaw, Cynthia Callard
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Real smokers - helping us take on a killer through the media

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Fresh is an award winning tobacco control programme. One of our roles is the de-normalisation of smoking and advocating policy interventions.
Andy Lloyd, Ailsa Rutter
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Tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery alternatives: patterns of product use and perceptions in 13 countries [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
Background: Smoking tobacco products remains a significant public health problem. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World commissioned a 13-country survey to gain a clearer understanding of the current landscape of smoking behavior and preferences across ...
Farhad Riahi, Sarah Rajkumar, Derek Yach
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Extreme Aerosol Events at Mesa Verde, Colorado: Implications for Air Quality Management

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2021
A significant concern for public health and visibility is airborne particulate matter, especially during extreme events. Of most relevance for health, air quality, and climate is the role of fine aerosol particles, specifically particulate matter with ...
Marisa E. Gonzalez   +5 more
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Aversive smoking for smoking cessation [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1997
Aversion therapy pairs the pleasurable stimulus of smoking a cigarette with some unpleasant stimulus. The objective is to extinguish the urge to smoke.This review has two aims. First, to determine the efficacy of rapid smoking and other aversive methods in helping smokers stop smoking.
P, Hajek, L F, Stead
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Retail reform. How conditions of license can be applied to strengthen tobacco control in a range of local circumstances

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation In most developed countries, most smokers visit a retail store a few times a week to buy cigarettes, providing a hundred or more moments of contact over a year.
Cynthia Callard
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Passive smoking [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Cancer, 1982
Before 1980 the argument that passive smoking was a serious health hazard was rather tenuous. It was claimed that it produced allergic reactions, impaired driving ability, reduced exercise tolerance in patients with cardiorespiratory disease and increased the risk of bronchitis and pneumonia in first-year children.
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Analysis of Important Factors Having an Impact on Safety in Road Tunnels – Research Findings

open access: yesSafety & Fire Technology, 2022
Aim: This article presents relevant safety issues in road tunnels based on the results of a survey and evacuation experiments conducted on real scale in two existing road tunnels in Poland.
Natalia Schmidt-Polończyk
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Surgical Smoke

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2009
Surgical smoke is the gaseous by-product formed during surgical procedures. Most surgeons, operating theatre staff and administrators are unaware of its potential health risks. Surgical smoke is produced by various surgical instruments including those used in electrocautery, lasers, ultrasonic scalpels, high speed drills, burrs and saws.
Fan, JKM, Chu, KM, Chan, FSY
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