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Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of tobacco use among adults in Pakistan: findings of a nationwide survey conducted in 2012. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable mortality. The World Health Organization recommends that countries should monitor tobacco use regularly.
David A Leon +3 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Purpose White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are a core neuroimaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Sleep apnoea (SA) is a recognized vascular risk factor, but its associations with regional WMH burden, short‐interval WMH change and cognitive performance in population‐based cohorts remain incompletely defined. We
Peng Cheng +4 more
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Smoke & Thriving: an ecological study
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2022 Studies suggest a possible inverse correlation between smoking attitude and happiness levels. The present paper investigates the relation between males and females smoking prevalence and thriving levels in 155 countries worldwide.
Giuseppe La Torre +2 more
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Auditing the prevalence and effects of smoking to lead a successful smoking cessation campaign
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences, 2018 Background: Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of death and disability worldwide. Cultural barriers, lack of smoking cessation training, and patients' complaints are among the reasons why health professionals avoid asking about or advising ...
Anhar Hamza, Fahad Al Hussein
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Prevalence and correlates of smoking on the roof of the world [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2001 OBJECTIVETo determine the prevalence and correlates of cigarette smoking among adults in high mountain rural areas of northern Pakistan.DESIGNCross sectional survey.PARTICIPANTSA sample of 4203 adults (aged 18 years and over) were selected by stratified random sampling from 16 villages.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURESelf reported smoking prevalence; age of ...
Shah, S M +4 more
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, 2021 Aim: We compared the prevalence of smoking and smoking predictors among adolescents between cities running a Healthy City Programme (HCP cities) and cities not running such a programme (NHCP cities) in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.
Alasqah, Ibrahim +7 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the immunological response to influenza vaccination, the incidence and severity of influenza infection, and the side effects of the vaccination in patients with ischemic stroke. Methods This prospective observational study was conducted between 2023 and 2024 at Ramathibodi Hospital.
Achiraya Pakngao +5 more
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A Paradox in Clinical Practice: Smoking Among Pulmonologists
Hamidiye Medical JournalBackground: Tobacco use remains one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. Although healthcare professionals are expected to act as role models in tobacco control, previous studies have reported conflicting findings regarding smoking ...
Büşra Durak, Ayşe Erdoğan Kaya
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Effects of health publicity on prevalence of smoking [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 EDITOR,—Donald Reid draws attention to the potentially class free effects of health promotion in the electronic media, but he misrepresents the term “health publicity” in our analysis by referring to it as “everything else except price.”1 The model we used to assess different influences on cigarette smoking over the past 20 years …
J, Townsend, P, Roderick, J, Cooper
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Prevalence, diagnosis and relation to tobacco dependence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a nationally representative population sample [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) is the fourth most common cause of death worldwide. It is caused primarily by cigarette smoking.
Jarvis, MJ +3 more
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