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Electronic cigarette use among adults in 14 countries: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesEClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: The tobacco product landscape continues to change. No recent data for electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use have been reported for multiple countries based on nationally representative surveys. We examined prevalence of e-cigarette
Liping Pan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pooled Time Series Modeling Reveals Smoking Habit Memory Pattern [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Smoking is a habit that is hard to break because nicotine is highly addictive and smoking behavior is strongly linked to multiple daily activities and routines.
Canales, Juan J.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Engage the business sector to promote smoke-free corporate culture through industry-oriented programmes

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in smoking and quitting in China from 1993 to 2003: National Health Service Survey data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
OBJECTIVE: China has about 350 million smokers, more commonly men. Using data from National Health Service Surveys conducted in 1993, 1998 and 2003, we (i) estimated trends in smoking prevalence and cessation according to sociodemographic variables and ...
Boutayeb   +46 more
core   +2 more sources

Smoking Behaviors and Abstinence in Low-Income Pregnant Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Despite efforts to educate individuals about the hazards of smoking, pregnant women continue to smoke. In the literature, there is less evidence about successful abstinence strategies for low-income women.
Alverson, Elise M, Kessler, Terry A
core   +4 more sources

Tobacco tax and the illicit trade in tobacco products in New Zealand

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To estimate the size of illegal tobacco trade and consumption and assess the impact of tobacco tax on the illicit tobacco market in New Zealand (NZ). Methods: Data on the import and seizure of legal and illegal tobacco in NZ was obtained from
Ali Ajmal, Veng Ian U
doaj   +1 more source

To encounter the challenges of tobacco industry: concerted community effort to advocate for policy change

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation The Hong Kong Government proposed to enhance pictorial health warnings (PHW), prominently increasing the size to 85%, since May 2015. Opposition and interference of tobacco industry (TI) was fierce.
Antonio Kwong, Vienna Lai
doaj   +1 more source

How important are parents and partners for smoking cessation in adulthood? An event history analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Background. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of parental and partner’s education and smoking behavior on an individual’s chance of smoking cessation over the life course. Methods.
Graaf, Nan Dirk de,   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Tailor-made smoke-free programme to clear the myths of smoking among Hong Kong elder people

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Social capital and cigarette smoking among Latinos in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper presents the results of analyses conducted to examine if social capital indicators were associated with current cigarette smoking and with quitting smoking among a national representative sample of Latinos living in the United States. Data are
Delva, Jorge, Horner, Pilar, Li, Shijian
core   +2 more sources

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