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Histone deacetylase 2 is phosphorylated, ubiquitinated, and degraded by cigarette smoke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Cigarette smoke (CS)-induced lung inflammation involves the reduction of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) abundance, which is associated with steroid resistance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in individuals with severe asthma who
Adenuga, David   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Scottish smoke-free legislation on smoking quit attempts and prevalence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
<p><b>Objectives:</b> In Scotland, legislation was implemented in March 2006 prohibiting smoking in all wholly or partially enclosed public spaces. We investigated the impact on attempts to quit smoking and smoking prevalence.</p>
Daniel F. Mackay   +13 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke in Children and Public Health Tools: A Narrative Review

open access: yesJournal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 2020
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and ...
S. Holm, Mark D. Miller, J. Balmes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mortality among Lifelong Nonsmokers Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home: Cohort Data and Sensitivity Analyses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Evidence is growing that secondhand smoke can cause death from several diseases. The association betweenhousehold exposure to secondhand smoke and disease-specific mortality was examined in two New Zealandcohorts of lifelong nonsmokers (‘‘never smokers’’)
Ichiro Kawachi   +7 more
core   +1 more source

A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2021
Climate change is intensifying global wildfire activity, and people and wildlife are increasingly exposed to hazardous air pollution during large-scale smoke events.
Olivia V. Sanderfoot   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Children’s rights are part of our DNA: The right to development and Smoke-Free Generation

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020
The right to grow up smoke-free is defended by various articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, where the right to health (art. 24 CRC) and the right to life, survival and development (art. 6 CRC) are essential.
Danielle van Kalmthout
doaj   +1 more source

Interface decoration of exfoliated MXene ultra-thin nanosheets for fire and smoke suppressions of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer.

open access: yesJournal of Hazardous Materials, 2019
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) has broad applications as lightweight materials due to its multiple advantages and unique properties. Nevertheless, toxicity emission under fire conditions remains a major concern, particularly in building fire scenarios.
Bin Yu   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Smoke and Shadows: Rendering and Light Interaction of Smoke in Real-Time Rendered Virtual Environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Realism in computer graphics depends upon digitally representing what we see in the world with careful attention to detail, which usually requires a high degree of complexity in modelling the scene.
Anderson, Eike F.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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