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Perceptions of harm from secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults, 2009–2010

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2016
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, Roshni Patel, Michelle Kegler, Steven D. Babb, Brian A. King   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]

, 2016
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., Kharitonova, Marina, Wiseman, Kara P.   +2 more
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Measuring progress in tobacco prevention and control: the role of surveillance

Salud Pública de México, 2017
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, René A Arrazola, Corinne Graffunder   +2 more
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Smoking prevention among youth [PDF]

Medicinski Podmladak, 2020
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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Predicting Smoking Behaviors Among Junior High School Students in Ghana [PDF]

, 2018
Despite the rising rate of smoking in sub-Sahara African countries, measures to control the tobacco epidemic have been limited to developed countries.
Sofo, S. (Seidu), Thompson, E. (Emmanuel)   +1 more
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A longitudinal study of the relationship between receptivity to e-cigarette advertisements and e-cigarette use among baseline non-users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, United States

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2017
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, Kevin Davis, Deesha Patel, Paul Shafer, Shanna Cox, William Ridgeway, Brian A. King   +6 more
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Smoking Behaviors and Abstinence in Low-Income Pregnant Women [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Despite efforts to educate individuals about the hazards of smoking, pregnant women continue to smoke. In the literature, there is less evidence about successful abstinence strategies for low-income women.
Alverson, Elise M, Kessler, Terry A
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Substances used in electronic vapor products among adults in the United States, 2017

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
Introduction: Electronic vapor products (EVPs), including e-cigarettes, can be used to aerosolize many substances. Examination of substances used in EVPs by US adults has been limited; we assessed past-year use of EVPs to deliver various substances ...
Katrina F. Trivers, Andrea S. Gentzke, Elyse Phillips, Michael Tynan, Kristy L. Marynak, Gillian L. Schauer   +5 more
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Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and death in the US and is the cause of more than 1 of every 4 deaths. Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death and accounts for 43% of deaths attributable to ...
C. Mangione, Michael J. Barry, Wanda Nicholson, Michael Cabana, D. Chelmow, Tumaini R. Coker, E. Davis, Katrina E. Donahue, C. Jaén, Martha Y. Kubik, Li Li, G. Ogedegbe, L. Pbert, J. Ruiz, J. Stevermer, J. Wong   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Receipt of evidence-based brief cessation interventions by health professionals and use of cessation assisted treatments among current adult cigarette-only smokers: National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–2010

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Helping tobacco smokers to quit during a medical visit is a clinical and public health priority. Research suggests that most health professionals engage their patients in at least some of the ‘5 A’s’ of the brief cessation intervention ...
Judy Kruger, Alissa O’Halloran, Abby C. Rosenthal, Stephen D. Babb, Michael C. Fiore   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source