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Pilot outline of a school-based intervention on tobacco use in a high school of Attica, Greece

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2019
Objective Adolescents are exposed to a variety of tobacco products in Greece. On the other hand, tobacco industry promotional strategies aim to critically increase the attractiveness of their products so that adolescents start to use them.
Angeliki Bakou, Nikitara Katerina
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Protecting public health and the environment: towards a general ban on cellulose acetate cigarette filters in the European Union

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
After the establishment of a causal relationship between tobacco use and cancer in the 1950s, cellulose acetate filters were introduced with the claim to reduce the adverse health impact of unfiltered cigarettes.
Stijn Everaert, Greet Schoeters, Filip Lardon, Annelies Janssens, Nicolas Van Larebeke, Nicolas Van Larebeke, Jean-Marie Raquez, Lieven Bervoets, Pieter Spanoghe   +8 more
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Understanding How Graphic Pictorial Warnings Work on Cigarette Packaging [PDF]

, 2010
The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requires cigarette packages to contain stronger warnings in the form of color, graphic pictures depicting the negative health consequences of smoking.
Andrews, J. Craig, Burton, Scot, Kees, Jeremy, Kozup, John   +3 more
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Public Support for Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Point-of-Sale Provisions: Results of a National Study.

American Journal of Public Health, 2015
OBJECTIVES We assessed public and smoker support for enacted and potential point-of-sale (POS) tobacco-control policies under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
Shyanika W. Rose, S. Emery, S. Ennett, H. L. McNaughton Reyes, J. Scott, K. Ribisl   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis in a chronic marijuana user; a case report and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Nodular glomerulosclerosis is a characteristic histological finding of diabetic nephropathy (DN) with thickened glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and hyalinized arterioles.
Abdul Salim, Sohil, Fülöp, Tibor, Hamrahian, Seyed Mehrdad, Mollaee, Mehri   +3 more
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Clinicians' awareness of the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation treatment for pregnant women covered by Medicaid

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to provide tobacco-cessation services without cost-sharing for pregnant traditional Medicaid-beneficiaries effective October 2010.
Van T. Tong, Lucinda J. England, Ann Malarcher, Jeanne Mahoney, Britta Anderson, Jay Schulkin   +5 more
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A cross-sectional survey investigating the desensitisation of graphic health warning labels and their impact on smokers, non-smokers and patients with COPD in a London cohort. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of graphic health warning labels (GHWL) in different individuals, including patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Al-Shammari, Alwan, Arndt, Australian Government, Australian Government, Bava, Bednarek, Bidwell, Britton, Coronini-Cronberg, Cunningham, Dieterich, Fong, Forey, Fritzsche, Gorecka, Greenberg, Hammond, Hammond, Hammond, Handa, Hecht, Hoek, Hoth, Isles, Kotz, Kviz, Laniado-Laborín, Leventhal, Lung, Mitchell, Moodie, Moradi, Ng, Oncken, Peto, Raupach, Rusanen, Shahab, Shinton, Sobani, Stoller, Thrasher, Tversky, UK Department of Health, Vardavas, Veer, Wakefield, Walters, Warnakulasuriya, West, Wyer   +51 more
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A Web-Based, Computer-Tailored Smoking Prevention Program to Prevent Children From Starting to Smoke After Transferring to Secondary School: Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015
Background Smoking prevalence rates among Dutch children increase rapidly after they transit to secondary school, in particular among children with a low socioeconomic status (SES).
H. Cremers, L. Mercken, M. Candel, Hein de Vries, Anke Oenema   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of non-governmental organizations in tobacco control in Romania

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background World Health Organization calls for comprehensive measures for tobacco control which includes legislative, socio-economical and educational measures. This presentation has two objectives.
Marius Eremia, Cornel Radu-Loghin, Lucia Maria Lotrean   +2 more
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Are the school prevention programmes - aimed at de-normalizing smoking among youths - beneficial in the long term? An example from the Smoke Free Class Competition in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Tobacco smoking by young people is of great concern because it usually leads to regular smoking, nicotine addiction and quitting difficulties. Young people "hooked" by tobacco maintain the profits of the tobacco industry by replacing smokers who quit or ...
Amendola, M, Amram, D. L, Cattaruzza, M. S., De Blasi, A, Giordano, F, Gremigni, P, Osborn, J. F, Zagà, V   +7 more
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