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Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in response to smoke-free legislation in Scotland. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: "Smoke-Free" legislation prohibiting smoking in all enclosed public places was introduced in March 2006. This qualitative study presents insights from bar workers about their observations of the changing social bar environment, changing ...
Petticrew, Mark, Petticrew Mark, Mark Petticrew, Cameron, Jane, Jane Cameron, Hilton, Shona, MacLean, Alice, Alice MacLean, Hilton Shona, Shona Hilton, Cameron Jane, MacLean Alice   +11 more
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The tobacco reduction targets act: a legislated phase out for combustible cigarettes

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation The recent widespread marketing of alternative nicotine devices and heated tobacco products is heralded by some as a viable harm reduction strategy, and feared by others as a means of perpetuating the ...
Cynthia Callard, Neil Collishaw
doaj   +1 more source

Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia

Medical Journal of Australia, 2020
Weather conditions conducive to extreme bushfires are becoming more frequent as a consequence of climate change.1 Such fires have substantial social, ecological, and economic effects, including the effects on public health associated with smoke, such as ...
Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, A. Palmer, D. Bowman, G. Morgan, B. Jalaludin, F. Johnston   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diathermy smoke: hazardous to health? [PDF]

, 2013
The heat used in electrocautery causes cells to boil and explode, or simply dry up, producing a gaseous by-product known as diathermy smoke. This smoke may have mutagenic and carcinogenic potential, similar to that of cigarette smoke (Spearman et al ...
Brown, Steven, Dunn, Lynda
core   +1 more source

Fiscal decentralisation frameworks for Agenda 2030: understanding key issues and crafting strategic reforms

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2018
Local and regional governments (LGS) will be important actors in ensuring that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are translated into action that is tailored to the most pressing needs of their communities.
Paul Smoke
doaj   +1 more source

Pooling local public health budgets to achieve exceptional value for money: the case of the North East of England

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation The North East of England (pop 2.6m) has significant health challenges, largely resulting from an historic industrial past, and subsequent high rates of tobacco use.
Ailsa Rutter, Lisa Surtees, Eugene Milne, Amanda Healy, Andy Lloyd, Catherine Taylor, Colin Shevills   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Debate on the decline in illicit tobacco trade in Bulgaria: A review of articles published in country media between 2010 and 2019

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020
Background The Bulgarian government undertook a series of tobacco control measures and policies to tackle illicit trade in tobacco products, which led to a record decline in illegal cigarette sales.
Masha Gavrailova, Hristo Ivanov, Gergana Geshanova, Pawel Koczkodaj, Joanna Didkowska, Krzysztof Przewozniak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Involvement of cigarette smoke-induced epithelial cell ferroptosis in COPD pathogenesis

Nature Communications, 2019
Ferroptosis is a necrotic form of regulated cell death (RCD) mediated by phospholipid peroxidation in association with free iron-mediated Fenton reactions.
Masahiro Yoshida, S. Minagawa, J. Araya, Taro Sakamoto, Hiromichi Hara, K. Tsubouchi, Y. Hosaka, A. Ichikawa, Nayuta Saito, T. Kadota, Nahoko Sato, Yusuke Kurita, K. Kobayashi, S. Ito, Hirohumi Utsumi, H. Wakui, T. Numata, Y. Kaneko, Shohei Mori, H. Asano, M. Yamashita, M. Odaka, T. Morikawa, K. Nakayama, T. Iwamoto, H. Imai, K. Kuwano   +26 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Tobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016
Background: Wildfire activity is predicted to increase in many parts of the world due to changes in temperature and precipitation patterns from global climate change.
C. Reid, M. Brauer, F. Johnston, M. Jerrett, J. Balmes, Catherine T. Elliott   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source