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Tobacco 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
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A Bottom-up method Towards the Automatic and Objective Monitoring of Smoking Behavior In-the-wild using Wrist-mounted Inertial Sensors [PDF]
, 2021 The consumption of tobacco has reached global epidemic proportions and is characterized as the leading cause of death and illness. Among the different ways of consuming tobacco (e.g., smokeless, cigars), smoking cigarettes is the most widespread. In this paper, we present a two-step, bottom-up algorithm towards the automatic and objective monitoring of
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Genetic variation at CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 interacts with smoking status to influence body mass index [PDF]
, 2011 Cigarette smoking is associated with lower body mass index (BMI), and a commonly cited reason for unwillingness to quit smoking is a concern about weight gain.
Davey Smith, G +27 more
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Tobacco tax and the illicit trade in tobacco products in New Zealand
Australian 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
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S youth. We used cross-sectional, nationally representative data of U.S.
Satomi Odani +3 more
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FoSp: Focus and Separation Network for Early Smoke Segmentation [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Early smoke segmentation (ESS) enables the accurate identification of smoke sources, facilitating the prompt extinguishing of fires and preventing large-scale gas leaks. But ESS poses greater challenges than conventional object and regular smoke segmentation due to its small scale and transparent appearance, which can result in high miss detection rate
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023 Introduction Although e-cigarettes can be an effective form of nicotine substitution for adults attempting to quit smoking, their use among children and young people is a concern.
Parris J. Williams +5 more
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Cigarette Use and Striatal Dopamine D2/3 Receptors: Possible Role in the Link between Smoking and Nicotine Dependence. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundCigarette smoking induces dopamine release in the striatum, and smoking- or nicotine-induced ventral striatal dopamine release is correlated with nicotine dependence.
London, Edythe D +2 more
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Towards the Objective Speech Assessment of Smoking Status based on Voice Features: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In smoking cessation clinical research and practice, objective validation of self-reported smoking status is crucial for ensuring the reliability of the primary outcome, that is, smoking abstinence. Speech signals convey important information about a speaker, such as age, gender, body size, emotional state, and health state.
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The Role of Language in the Preservation of a Culture [PDF]
, 1999 No abstract ...
Still Smoking, Dorothy M.
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