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Worldwide Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage According to Region, Time Period, Blood Pressure, and Smoking Prevalence in the Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

open access: yesJAMA Neurology, 2019
Importance Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured intracranial aneurysms is a subset of stroke with high fatality and morbidity. Better understanding of a change in incidence over time and of factors associated with this change could facilitate ...
N. Etminan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option?

open access: yesInternal and Emergency Medicine, 2020
The effects of smoking on Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are currently unknown. The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in China, considering the high ...
K. Farsalinos, A. Barbouni, R. Niaura
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Evidence for causal effects of lifetime smoking on risk for depression and schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomisation study

open access: yesPsychological Medicine, 2019
Background Smoking prevalence is higher amongst individuals with schizophrenia and depression compared with the general population. Mendelian randomisation (MR) can examine whether this association is causal using genetic variants identified in genome ...
R. Wootton   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COVID-19 and Smoking

open access: yesArchives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux - Pratique, 2020
offering evidence-based pharmacological and behavioural smoking cessation interventions by remote support. Quit lines should promote contacts with smokers with or without COVID-19, symptomatic or asymptomatic.
I. Berlin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Non-pecuniary returns to higher education: the effect on smoking intensity in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper investigates whether higher education (HE) produces non-pecuniary returns via a reduction in the intensity of consumption of health-damaging substances.
Bratti, Massimiliano, Miranda, Alfonso
core   +2 more sources

Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults - United States, 2005-2015.

open access: yesMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, and cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. adults (1,2).
Ahmed Jamal   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiovascular risk of smoking and benefits of smoking cessation

open access: yesJournal of Thoracic Disease, 2020
Smoking increases mortality from all causes and has a crucial role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Active smoking and secondhand smoke exposure determine more than 30% of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality.
G. Gallucci   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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