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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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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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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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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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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E-Cigarettes: Use, Effects on Smoking, Risks, and Policy Implications
Annual Review of Public Health, 2018 Since e-cigarettes appeared in the mid-2000s, some practitioners, researchers, and policy makers have embraced them as a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes and an effective way to stop smoking.
S. Glantz, David W. Bareham
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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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Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity? [PDF]
, 2006 The strong negative correlation over time between smoking rates and obesity have led some to suggest that reduced smoking is increasing weight gain in the U.S.. This conclusion is supported by the findings of Chou et al.
Frakes, Michael D., Gruber, Jonathan
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Global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases
Tobacco Control, 2017 Background The detrimental impact of smoking on health has been widely documented since the 1960s. Numerous studies have also quantified the economic cost that smoking imposes on society.
M. Goodchild +2 more
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Protocol for the Smoking, Nicotine and Pregnancy (SNAP) trial: double-blind, placebo-randomised, controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy [PDF]
, 2007 Background: Smoking in pregnancy remains a public health challenge. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective for smoking cessation in non-pregnant people, but because women metabolise nicotine and cotinine much faster in pregnancy, it is unclear ...
A Charlton +39 more
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