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Smoke and thriving: An ecological study [PDF]
, 2015 Studies suggest a possible inverse correlation between smoking attitude and happiness levels. The present paper investigates the relation between males and females smoking prevalence and happiness levels in 155 countries worldwide.
Grassi, Maria Caterina +2 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation The labour force participation rate is over 60 percent in Hong Kong and most of the employees spend 8 to 10 hours daily in their workplaces.
Antonio Kwong, Vienna Lai
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Analyzing whether workplace smoking bans can reduce the probability of smoking [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The rapid increase of smoking-related diseases and deaths globally is driving us to find an effective approach to reduce the smoking rate. This study aims to determine whether indoor smoking bans at workplaces can effectively reduce the smoking rate.
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Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen +5 more
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Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]
, 2016 Background Smoking has a detrimental effect on the symptoms and severity of asthma, a common chronic disease among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between asthma and smoking among high school students and assess ...
Jones, Resa M. +2 more
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British 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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Tailor-made smoke-free programme to clear the myths of smoking among Hong Kong elder people
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation In Hong Kong, over 20% of the 641,300 daily smokers aged 60 years or above. Public's awareness on smoking hazards has increased in recent years.
Antonio Kwong, Vienna Lai
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Smoking prevalence and smoking behavior change among the soldiers in the Korean military
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Republic of Korea has an obligatory military service. All Korean men in their 20s are obliged to serve the military for 21 months. The purpose of this study was to identify smoking prevalence among the Korean military and to understand how ...
Jinyoung Kim, Sungkyu Lee
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Social class and smoking at age 15: the effect of different definitions of smoking [PDF]
, 2001 Aim : To explore whether the association between social class and smoking among teenagers varies according to the definition of smoking adopted. Design, setting and participants : A survey of 2196 15-year-olds in 43 secondary schools in the West of ...
Sweeting, H., West, P.
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Passive smoking indicators in Italy: does the gross domestic product matter? [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to analyse the correlation between regional values of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and passive smoking in Italy.
Cianfanelli, Sara +5 more
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