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Smoking Prevalence in Greece [PDF]

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Introduction The current study aimed to investigate the smoking prevalence in Greece using two nationally representative sets of data conducted before and after the implementation of tobacco prevention programs through school-based interventions in ...
Marina Demi, Stephanie Teloniatis, Vergina-Konstantina Vyzikidou, Gerasimos Bakelas, Vaso Evangelopoulou, Constantine Vardavas, Anna Tzortzi, Panagiotis Behrakis   +7 more
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Smoking Prevalence Among Adolescents.

JAMA Netw Open, 2023
ImportanceSecondhand smoke is a substantial risk factor for youth health globally, including in Japan, where tobacco control policies should be reassessed.ObjectiveTo assess trends in the prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among Japanese adolescents from 2008 to 2017 and to examine the association between its frequency and smoking during the study
Kuwabara Y, Kinjo A, Kim H, Minobe R, Maesato H, Higuchi S, Yoshimoto H, Jike M, Otsuka Y, Itani O, Kaneita Y, Kanda H, Kasuga H, Ito T, Osaki Y.   +14 more
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Age-period-cohort analysis of smoking prevalence trends among career military personnel in South Korea [PDF]

Tobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction This study evaluated smoking trends among career military personnel in South Korea. After a tobacco tax increase in 2015, the tobacco control program for career military personnel expanded significantly.
Sunju Jung, Heewon Kang, Sung-il Cho
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Income Differences in Smoking Prevalences in 245 Districts of South Korea: Patterns by Area Deprivation and Urbanity, 2008-2014 [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2017
Objectives The aim of this study was to measure income differences in smoking prevalence at the district level and to investigate correlations among area deprivation, smoking prevalence, and income differences in smoking prevalence, stratified by ...
Ikhan Kim, Jinwook Bahk, Tae-Ho Yoon, Sung-Cheol Yun, Young-Ho Khang   +4 more
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Pattern of cigarette smoking: intensity, cessation, and age of beginning: evidence from a cohort study in West of Iran

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Smoking is a social epidemic and one of the main risk factors for premature deaths and disabilities worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the Pattern of Cigarette Smoking: intensity, cessation, and age of the beginning. Methods Data
Behrooz Hamzeh, Vahid Farnia, Mehdi Moradinazar, Yahya Pasdar, Ebrahim Shakiba, Farid Najafi, Mostafa Alikhani   +6 more
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Attitudes and Awareness of Employees Towards the Implementation of a Smoke-free Campus at a Private College in Greece

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
Introduction Given that smoking is prohibited in all places of Healthcare and Education in Greece including uncovered areas, the aim of the current study was to report smoking prevalence, awareness of smoking health effects and attitudes towards the ...
Stephanie Teloniatis, Panagiotis Behrakis, Anna Tzortzi   +2 more
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Prevalence of Smoking in Cambodia

Journal of Epidemiology, 1998
To evaluate the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Cambodia and identify prevailing knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP).Information on tobacco smoking and KAP was collected using the 30-cluster survey design wherein 10-15 males (age over 15 years) were interviewed from each of 30 randomly-selected population clusters in Phnom Penh (herein referred
Smith, Marshall, Umenai, Takusei, Radford, Colin   +2 more
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Smoking uptake and prevalence in Ghana [PDF]

Tobacco Control, 2009
Background:Developing countries are at high risk of epidemic increases in tobacco smoking, but the extent of this problem is not clearly defined because few collect detailed smoking data. We have surveyed tobacco smoking in the Ashanti region of Ghana, a rapidly developing African country with a long-established tobacco industry.Methods:We took a ...
Owusu-Dabo, E, Lewis, S, McNeill, A, Gilmore, A, Britton, J   +4 more
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No difference in hypertension prevalence in smokers, former smokers and non-smokers after adjusting for body mass index and age: a cross-sectional study from the Czech Republic, 2010

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2015
Background Several hypotheses suggest a temporary increase in blood pressure following smoking cessation. This may be the result of endocrine changes (e.g.
Alexandra Pankova, Eva Kralikova, Keely Fraser, Jan Lajka, Stepan Svacina, Martin Matoulek   +5 more
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Smoking prevalence in Kocaeli

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks, 2011
A questionnaire was performed in order to determine smoking prevalence in the target population just before the initiation of a social responsibility project which is aimed to increase the smoking cessation rates in Kocaeli. The sample selection was made based on population numbers in 12 town of Kocaeli city and smoking habits of population over the ...
Serap Argun, Bariş, Füsun, Yildiz, Ilknur, Başyiğit, Haşim, Boyaci   +3 more
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