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Forced Draught Impact on Externally Venting Flames: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wind can significantly influence fire development and spread in urban and forest environments causing fatal consequences for the public, the first responders, and the environment. Wind‐driven fires can have a significant impact on structural fires as wind can increase the fire's intensity, development, and flame spread.
Anoop Subramania Warrier, Jan Smolka, Kamila Kempna, Meet Panchal, Tony Graham, Eleni Asimakopoulou   +5 more
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Study protocol for a non-inferiority trial of cytisine versus nicotine replacement therapy in people motivated to stop smoking [PDF]

, 2011
Background Smokers need effective support to maximise the chances of successful quit attempts. Current smoking cessation medications, such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), bupropion, nortriptyline or varenicline, have been shown to be effective in ...
Hayden McRobbie, Nosa, Vili, Nosa, V, Walker, N, Glover, M, Howe Colin, Joanne Barnes, Bullen, C, Glover Marewa, McRobbie Hayden, Jonathan Williman, McRobbie, H, Barnes, J, Howe, C, Walker Natalie, Colin Howe, Williman, J, Bullen, Christopher, Parag, Varsha, Bullen Chris, Reon Veale, Greenaway, Natalie, Varsha Parag, Glover, Marewa, Natalie Walker, Parag Varsha, Veale Reon, Marewa Glover, Barnes, Joanne, Vili Nosa, Veale, R, Parag, V, Williman Jonathan, Williman, Jonathan, Nosa Vili, Chris Bullen, Barnes Joanne   +36 more
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A brief alcohol intervention during smoking cessation treatment in daily cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports
Alcohol use attenuates successful smoking cessation. We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention in smokers.
Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Tin Shun Titan Mak, Tzu Tsun Luk, Kam-wing Joe Ching, Nga-ting Grace Wong, Ching Han Helen Chan, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of E-Cigarette Use Among Cardiac Inpatients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Survey

CJC Open
Background: E-cigarettes are promoted for smoking cessation due to their having lower toxicity than cigarettes, but they are often used recreationally and linked to cardiovascular, respiratory, and mental health risks.
Javad Heshmati, BSc, MSc, PhD, Emma Lynn Bates, BA, MPH, Spencer Shahen, BSc, MSc, Kathryn L. Walker, MScPT, Andrew Pipe, CM, MD, Kerri-Anne Mullen, BSc, MSc, PhD, Hassan Mir, BSc, MD, MPH, MHI, FRCPC   +6 more
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Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit polymorphisms are associated with smoking cessation success in women

BMC Medical Genetics, 2018
Background The identification of variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit genes associated with smoking phenotypes are increasingly important for prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence.
Paulo Roberto Xavier Tomaz, Juliana Rocha Santos, Jaqueline Scholz, Tânia Ogawa Abe, Patrícia Viviane Gaya, André Brooking Negrão, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Paulo Caleb Júnior Lima Santos   +8 more
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Ignition and Horizontal Flame Spread for Recycled Plastic Pellets

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fires in recycling facilities are known for producing noxious fumes, having high heat release rates (HRRs), being difficult to extinguish and causing significant devastation to business operations. This research aims to provide experimental data and numerical models from which performance‐based designs can be developed for recycling facilities.
Courtney Devine, Natalia Flores‐Quiroz, Richard Walls, Carlo Kuhn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Transition to Smoking Cessation: Evidence from Multiple Failure Duration Analysis [PDF]

While much is known about the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking participation and frequency of cigarette use, little is known about their impacts on smoking cessation. This paper addresses the dynamics of smoking cessation using
John A. Tauras
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MapMySmoke: feasibility of a new quit cigarette smoking mobile phone application using integrated geo-positioning technology, and motivational messaging within a primary care setting

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2017
Background Approximately 11,000 people die in Scotland each year as a result of smoking-related causes. Quitting smoking is relatively easy; maintaining a quit attempt is a very difficult task with success rates for unaided quit attempts stubbornly ...
Robert S. Schick, Thomas W. Kelsey, John Marston, Kay Samson, Gerald W. Humphris   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flammability of Facades Across Scales and International Standards

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Facade fires are a rare but destructive hazard that can lead to the rapid spread of fire between the floors and fire compartments of a building. Today, there are at least 21 different national standards for facade fire tests in use around the world, which seek to categorize facades based on their flammability.
Matthew Bonner, Wojciech Węgrzyński, Jakub Bielawski, Guillermo Rein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A pilot randomised controlled trial of the feasibility of using body scan and isometric exercises for reducing urge to smoke in a smoking cessation clinic. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The main cause of relapse in smokers attempting to quit is inability to resist urges to smoke. Pharmacotherapy ameliorates but does not entirely prevent urges to smoke when abstinent, so other methods to resist urges to smoke might be helpful.
Stenner, S, Neha Prasad, Stenner, Sarah, Michael Ussher, Lemees Al-Chalabi, Prasad, Neha, Ussher, M, Prasad Neha, Steed, Lucy, Jane Beach, Al-Chalabi, L, Stenner Sarah, Al-Chalabi Lemees, Aveyard Paul, Prasad, N, Aveyard, P, Paul Aveyard, Beach Jane, Beach, Jane, Al-Chalabi, Lemees, Steed Lucy, Ussher, Michael, Ussher Michael, Steed, L, Beach, J, Aveyard, Paul, Lucy Steed, Sarah Stenner   +27 more
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