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Annual deaths attributable to cigarette smoking\u2014United States, 2005\u20132009 [PDF]

The infographic shows the estimated average annual number of smoking-attributable deaths in the United States during 2005 through 2009 by specific causes.\u2022 Total: more than 480,000 deaths\u2022 Lung cancer: 137,989 deaths\u2022 Other cancers: 36,000

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Percentage of current tobacco smoking students receiving help or advice to quit: Evidence from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 56 countries, 2012–2015

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, Andrew B. Seidenberg, Indu B. Ahluwalia   +2 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 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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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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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
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Ban on menthol cigarettes: European Union member states shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products with a characterising flavour

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020
European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention
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Assessing the Sensitivity and the Clinical Impact of the 2023 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria in Obstetric Antiphospholid Syndrome: Findings From a Multicenter Italian Cohort With a Long‐Term Follow‐Up

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of the 2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/EULAR classification criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in a real‐world cohort of women diagnosed with primary obstetric APS (oAPS) and to assess their ability to identify patients at risk of future pregnancy complications ...
Francesca Ruffilli, Cecilia Nalli, Francesca Crisafulli, Carlo Garaffoni, Marcello Govoni, Giulia Voltarel, Alba C. Pozzi, Beatrice Maranini, Ettore Silvagni, Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Angela Tincani   +10 more
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Determinants of Smoking Cessation: An Analysis of Young Adult Men and Women [PDF]

Substantial econometric efforts have been devoted to examining the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking propensity and intensity. However, little is known about the effects prices, smoking restrictions, and other influences have on
Frank J. Chaloupka, John A. Tauras
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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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