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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   +2 more sources

Beyond digital twins: the role of foundation models in enhancing the interpretability of multiomics modalities in precision medicine

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review highlights how foundation models enhance predictive healthcare by integrating advanced digital twin modeling with multiomics and biomedical data. This approach supports disease management, risk assessment, and personalized medicine, with the goal of optimizing health outcomes through adaptive, interpretable digital simulations, accessible ...
Sakhaa Alsaedi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco surveillance through electronic data collection on the Android operating system - evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a nationally representative household survey launched in 2007, could benefit from a cost-effective and easy to use platform that included support for multiple-languages, the ability to field surveys in ...
Edward Rainey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recognition of Smoking Gesture Using Smart Watch Technology [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Diseases resulting from prolonged smoking are the most common preventable causes of death in the world today. In this report we investigate the success of utilizing accelerometer sensors in smart watches to identify smoking gestures. Early identification of smoking gestures can help to initiate the appropriate intervention method and prevent relapses ...
arxiv  

The influence of societal individualism on a century of tobacco use: modelling the prevalence of smoking [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health 15 (1280), 1-13 (2015), 2014
Smoking of tobacco is predicted to cause approximately six million deaths worldwide in 2014. Responding effectively to this epidemic requires a thorough understanding of how smoking behaviour is transmitted and modified. Here, we present a new mathematical model of the social dynamics that cause cigarette smoking to spread in a population.
arxiv   +1 more source

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and appetite control in offspring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Aims: Intrauterine exposure to tobacco smoke products has been associated with long-term neurobehavioral effects. Modified appetite control might explain the recently observed association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and obesity in offspring.
Ehlin, Anna G. C.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
The standard way most people are advised to stop smoking is by quitting abruptly on a designated quit day. However, many people who smoke have tried to quit many times and may like to try an alternative method. Reducing smoking behaviour before quitting could be an alternative approach to cessation.
Lindson, N   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Possible role of human ribonuclease dicer in the regulation of R loops

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
R loops play an important role in regulating key cellular processes such as replication, transcription, centromere stabilization, or control of telomere length. However, the unscheduled accumulation of R loops can cause many diseases, including cancer, and neurodegenerative or inflammatory disorders. Interestingly, accumulating data indicate a possible
Klaudia Wojcik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential effects of using non-combustible tobacco and nicotine products during pregnancy: a systematic review

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The range of risk reduced alternatives to smoking tobacco is increasing and so is use among pregnant women. The substantial harms of smoking during pregnancy are well established and there is reason to believe that nicotine alone is somewhat ...
M. Glover, Carl V. Phillips
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting smokers' non-compliance with smoking restrictions in public places [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective: The present study aimed to identify the predictors of non-compliance with smoking restrictions among Greek college student smokers. Differences in attitudes to smoking bans and tobacco control policies between current smokers and non-smokers ...
Eiser, J.R., Lazuras, L., Rodafinos, A.
core   +1 more source

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