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Smoking prevention among youth [PDF]
For majority of smokers, onset of smoking occurs during adolescence, period of intensive growth and development, and this early smoking initiation is associated with many adverse health effects.
Kilibarda Biljana, Vuković Dejana
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High impact of implementation on school-based smoking prevention: the X:IT study-a cluster-randomized smoking prevention trial. [PDF]
BackgroundImplementation fidelity describes how well an intervention is implemented in the real-world setting. Assessing implementation fidelity is essential in the understanding of intervention results.
Bast LS+8 more
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Perceptions of harm from secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults, 2009–2010
Introduction Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) causes significant disease and death. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of perceptions about the health harm of SHS among U.S. adults at the national and state level. Material and Methods Data came
Judy Kruger+4 more
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Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence [PDF]
Although the risks smoking poses to health are now well known, many young people continue to take up the habit. While numerous crosssectional studies of adolescents have identified correlates of smoking initiation, much less prospective, longitudinal ...
Dugdill, L+4 more
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Measuring progress in tobacco prevention and control: the role of surveillance
Nearly six million people worldwide die from tobacco-attributable causes every year, making tobacco the leading cause of preventable disease and death. If current trends continue, tobacco use is expected to result in one billion deaths by the end of the ...
Indu B Ahluwalia+2 more
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Carbohydrate, phenolic and antioxidant level in relation to chlorophyll a content in oilseed winter rape (Brassica napus L.) inoculated with Leptosphaeria maculans [PDF]
Syftet med föreliggande studien var att undersöka om sjuksköterskors egna rökvanor påverkar attityden till tobakspreventivt arbete på sjukhuset, både till tobakspreventivt arbete med patienterna och attityden till rökfritt sjukhus.
R Abuamsha+57 more
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Background We investigated the relationship between receptivity to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) advertisements at baseline and e-cigarette use at follow-up among adult baseline non-users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Israel T. Agaku+6 more
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Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]
Background Smoking has a detrimental effect on the symptoms and severity of asthma, a common chronic disease among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between asthma and smoking among high school students and assess ...
Jones, Resa M.+2 more
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