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Evolution of the global smoking epidemic over the past half century: strengthening the evidence base for policy action

Tobacco Control, 2022
Background Despite compelling evidence on the health hazards of tobacco products accumulated over the past 70 years, smoking remains a leading cause of death worldwide.
X. Dai, E. Gakidou, Alan D. Lopez
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Store robberies for tobacco products: Perceived causes and potential solutions

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2021
Robberies of New Zealand convenience stores for tobacco products spiked between 2016 and 2017. According to media reports, many robberies involved the use of weapons and resulted in injury to retailers.
Marewa Glover, Robin Shepherd, Hamed Nazari, Kyro Selket   +3 more
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Smoking is Associated with COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-Analysis

medRxiv, 2020
Objective: To determine the association between smoking and progression of COVID-19. Design: A meta-analysis of 12 published papers. Data Source: PubMed database was searched on April 6, 2020.
Roengrudee Patanavanich, S. Glantz
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Effectiveness and safety of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy among mental health patients: A retrospective cohort study

Pulmonology, 2018
Objective To analyse the effectiveness and safety of two smoking cessation medications (varenicline and nicotine patches) in patients with controlled psychiatric disorders in daily practice in a Smoking Cessation Service.Methods This is a retrospective ...
C.A. Jimenez-Ruiz, J.F. Pascual-Lledó, A. Cícero-Guerrero, M. Cristóbal-Fernández, M. Mayayo-Ulibarri, C. Villar-Laguna   +5 more
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COVID-19 and smoking: A systematic review of the evidence

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
COVID-19 is a coronavirus outbreak that initially appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019, but it has already evolved into a pandemic spreading rapidly worldwide1,2.
C. Vardavas, K. Nikitara
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Smoking in social housing among adults in England, 2015–2020: a nationally representative survey

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To analyse associations between living in social housing and smoking in England and to evaluate progress towards reducing disparities in smoking prevalence among residents of social housing compared with other housing types.Design Cross ...
Sarah E Jackson, Jamie Brown, Deborah Arnott, Hazel Cheeseman, Robbie Titmarsh   +4 more
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The impact of COPD and smoking history on the severity of COVID‐19: A systemic review and meta‐analysis

Journal of Medical Virology, 2020
Comorbidities are associated with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). This meta‐analysis aimed to explore the risk of severe COVID‐19 in patients with pre‐existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ongoing smoking history.
Qianwen Zhao, Meng Meng, Rahul Kumar, Yinlian Wu, Jiaofeng Huang, N. Lian, Yunlei Deng, Su Lin   +7 more
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Smoking Upregulates Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 Receptor: A Potential Adhesion Site for Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19)

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
The epicenter of the original outbreak in China has high male smoking rates of around 50%, and early reported death rates have an emphasis on older males, therefore the likelihood of smokers being overrepresented in fatalities is high.
S. Brake, K. Barnsley, Wenying Lu, K. Mcalinden, M. Eapen, S. Sohal   +5 more
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Using Focus Group Interviews to Analyze the Behavior of Users of New Types of Tobacco Products [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2017
Objectives To characterize the usage patterns of new types of tobacco products (NTTPs) to develop effective strategies for the regulation of NTTPs in Korea.
Jinyoung Kim, Sungkyu Lee
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Using human rights measures to advance tobacco control- Japan and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
Japan has made progress on tobacco control in recent years. However, every year more than 157800 Japanese citizens1 and residents die from tobacco related diseases.
Action on Smoking and Health
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