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Attitudes, Confidence in Practices and Perceived Barriers Towards the Promotion of Tobacco Cessation among Clinical Dental Undergraduates in Sri Lanka

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 2021
Introduction: This study aimed to assess attitudes, confidence in practices and perceived barriers toward the promotion of tobacco cessation in the dental setting among clinical dental students in Sri Lanka.
R M Sumudu Himesha B Medawela   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biopsychosocial Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Surakarta, Central Java [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Seventy percent of smokers would like to quit smoking, and 50 percent report attempting to quit within the past year.
Atmojo, J. T. (Joko)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco cessation by prescription - A 180 degree turn

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Utilisation of tobacco is one of the most serious problems affecting human health worldwide, despite the fact that the early fatality caused by tobacco use are growing, regardless of the fact that it is avoidable tobacco consumption is very common ...
Mohd S Ahamed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco use in the third trimester of pregnancy and its relationship to birth weight. A prospective study in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Few studies have been carried out in Spain examining the use of tobacco amongst expectant mothers and its effect on birth weight. Aims To observe the proportion of expectant mothers who smoke during their pregnancy, and the impact of tobacco ...
Castro Sanchez, EM   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Its Determinants Among Older Adults in India: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey

open access: yesChronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality, posing a major challenge to its rapidly aging demographic. Early identification of individuals at high risk for future cardiovascular events is paramount for implementing timely preventative strategies.
Vansh Maheshwari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco Cessation Treatments Among Young Adult Smokers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Summarizes a study of differences between younger and older adult smokers in their motivations and attempts to quit and their use of smoking cessation treatments.
Amy Sporer   +5 more
core  

Development of a Coding Instrument to Assess the Quality and Content of Anti-Tobacco Video Games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Previous research has shown the use of electronic video games as an effective method for increasing content knowledge about the risks of drugs and alcohol use for adolescents.
Alber, Julia M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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