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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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

Occupation and workplace policies predict smoking behaviors: Analysis of national data from the current population survey [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Describe differences in smoking behaviors associated with occupation, workplace rules against smoking, and workplace smoking cessation programs.
Bierut, Laura J, Evanoff, Bradley A, Ham, David Cal, Luke, Douglas A, Przybeck, Thomas, Strickland, Jaime R   +5 more
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Ischemic Stroke Burden in China and Other G20 Nations (1990–2021): A Comparative Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 and Trend Projections Through 2031

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
This study analyzes ischemic stroke (IS) burden in China and other G20 countries (1990–2021) using Global Burden of Disease 2021 data. China exhibited rising age‐standardized incidence rates (ASIR: +12.6%) and delayed mortality decline, contrasting with G20 reductions (ASIR: −9.3%; sustained ASMR fall).
Bin Luo, Yi Xiang, Hecheng Ren, Lin Ma, Ying Huang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of retreatment with varenicline after failure with or relapse after initial treatment for smoking cessation

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objectives: A recent trial showed the clinical benefit of retreatment with varenicline in subjects failing on the initial treatment, or relapsing after initial success.
Lieven Annemans, Sophie Marbaix, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Pierre Bartsch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amy's story: a research agenda for smoking cessation in pregnancy [PDF]

, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to report on a case from Nottinghamshire County Primary Care Trust (PCT) as an exploratory study examining the role of social marketing’s contribution to smoking cessation during pregnancy. Insights from the case will be used
Allison, C, Allison, SA, Hiller, A
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