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The Evolution of Considerate Smoking Behavior [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
This paper studies the formation of social norms for considerate smoking behavior. Being considerate gives smokers a higher social approval from non-smokers, but imposes an inconvenience cost. A non-smoker's disapproval of inconsiderate smoking is assumed to be stronger the less used he is to being exposed to passive smoking.
Karine Nyborg, Mari Rege
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Smoking Behaviors in Survivors of Smoking-Related and Non–Smoking-Related Cancers [PDF]

JAMA Network Open, 2020
The population of cancer survivors is rapidly growing in the US. Tobacco smoking is associated with many cancers; however, whether cigarette smoking behaviors among cancer survivors vary according to cancer type-that is, smoking-related cancers (SRCs) vs non-smoking-related cancers (NSRCs)-remains unclear.To examine cigarette smoking prevalence and ...
Gritz, Ellen R., Talluri, Rajesh, Fokom Domgue, Joël, Tami-Maury, Irene, Shete, Sanjay   +4 more
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EARLY SMOKING AND CURRENT SMOKING BEHAVIOR

The KITAKANTO Medical Journal, 1975
Using the questionnaire, translated from BMRC respiratory questionnaire, the current smoking number of cigarettes per day, status of inhalation, and year when they started to smoke were surveyed, and the relation among these three was studied.The main concern of the present study was the accumulation of basic data for the discouraging early smoking ...
NAGATA, MINORU, ITO, YOKO, SHIOZAKI, TATSURO   +2 more
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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of flavored e-cigarette use at the time of quitting smoking: comparison between American young adults (18–24 years old) and older adults (> 24 years old)

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Flavored e-cigarettes remain a controversial public health topic, with disagreement on their potential benefits and harms. In this study we compared patterns of flavor use in e-cigarettes at the time of quitting smoking between young adults ...
Konstantinos Farsalinos, Christopher Russell, Riccardo Polosa, Konstantinos Poulas, George Lagoumintzis, Anastasia Barbouni   +5 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's federal states. We exploit this variation to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity.
Anger, Silke, Kvasnicka, Michael, Siedler, Thomas   +2 more
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Clinical performance of the urine‐based TERT promoter AbsoluteQ Digital PCR for non‐invasive detection of bladder cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A urine‐based digital PCR assay targeting two hotspot TERT promoter variants detected bladder cancer with high sensitivity and no false positives in this case–control cohort. The streamlined AbsoluteQ workflow outperformed Sanger sequencing and supports non‐invasive molecular testing for bladder cancer detection.
Anna Nykel, Izabela Kubiak, Lena Rutkowska, Żaneta Kasprzyk, Łukasz Kępczyński, Michał Bednarek, Dariusz Sobieraj, Jacek Wilkosz, Piotr Kania, Adam Jędrzejczyk, Bogdan Kałużewski, Agnieszka Gach, Tadeusz Kałużewski   +12 more
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Multi-factorial analysis of smoking behaviour and cessation process

Lung India
Background and Objectives: Tobacco use is a major global health concern, contributing to six of the eight most common causes of death worldwide. In Turkey, the average number of cigarettes smoked per day by individuals over 15 years old surpasses the ...
Ahmet Gurbuzel, Nurgul Naurzvai, Can Ozturk   +2 more
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