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Education, information, and smoking decisions : evidence from smoking histories, 1940-2000 [PDF]
The author tests the hypothesis that education improves health and increases people's life expectancy. Smoking histories-reconstructed from retrospective data in the National Health Interview Surveys in the United States-show that after 1950, when ...
de Walque, Damien
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The Economic Impact of Smoking and of Reducing Smoking Prevalence: Review of Evidence
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is the cause of many preventable diseases and premature deaths in the UK and around the world. It poses enormous health- and non-health-related costs to the affected individuals, employers, and the society at large.
Ekpu, VU, Brown, AK
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Tobacco taxes and smoking bans impact differently on obesity and eating habits [PDF]
, 2013 Policy interventions aimed at affecting a specific behavior may also indirectly affect individual choices in other domains. In this paper we study the direct effect of tobacco excise taxes and smoking bans on smoking behavior, and the indirect effect on ...
Dragone, Davide +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aims to investigate lifestyle‐related factors in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and their association with disease activity measurements. Methods This multicenter cohort included 938 patients who were newly diagnosed with PsA between 2013 and 2023.
Batoul Hojeij +11 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada +7 more
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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019 Introduction We assessed self-reported receipt of help or advice to stop smoking among current tobacco smoking students enrolled in school. Methods Using cross-sectional data collected between 2012–2015 from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), and ...
René A. Arrazola +2 more
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Smoking cessation : a report of the Surgeon General [PDF]
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS] 2014).
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Handbook of Establishing and Maintaining Oxygen‐Free Atmospheres
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study presents a practical framework for creating oxygen‐free atmospheres at ambient pressure using silane‐doped inert gases. The results show that ultra‐low oxygen levels and strongly reduced water content can be achieved through controlled silane dosing, drying systems, and sensor monitoring.
Sascha Jan Zimmermann +3 more
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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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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Inspired by natural silicified wood, a biomimetic mineralized chitin‐derived aerogel is constructed. It can withstand 81 000 times its own weight, and its backside temperature is 130.4°C after exposure to ∼1300°C butane flame for 600 s, exhibiting high‐strength, fire‐resistance, and super thermal‐insulation properties.
Kai Xu +11 more
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