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A Study of Machine Learning Models in Predicting the Intention of Adolescents to Smoke Cigarettes [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 The use of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is increasing among adolescents. This is problematic since consuming nicotine at an early age can cause harmful effects in developing teenager's brain and health. Additionally, the use of e-cigarette has a possibility of leading to the use of cigarettes, which is more severe.
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Are e-cigarettes beneficial for public health: Hume's guillotine – The debate continues?
Indian Heart Journal, 2017 Cigarette smoking is the most common preventable cause of death which has led to a search for healthier alternatives to tobacco smoke. Electronic cigarettes are devoid of many harmful constituents found in cigarette smoke and are therefore being ...
Sundeep Mishra
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Nash Equilibria on (Un)Stable Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 In response to a change, individuals may choose to follow the responses of their friends or, alternatively, to change their friends. To model these decisions, consider a game where players choose their behaviors and friendships. In equilibrium, players internalize the need for consensus in forming friendships and choose their optimal strategies on ...
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2020 Olympics’ legacy for tobacco control in Japan
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2019 Tobacco control advocates in Japan face a difficult struggle. Not only can the tobacco industry can easily influence the public and lobby politicians but due the Japanese government holding one-third of the shares of Japan Tobacco (JT), tobacco ...
Chris Rathbone
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ON THE EFFECT OF THE EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE ON THE GROWTH OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS. [PDF]
, 1907 Mark Arnold
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The Lancet Global Health, 2016 Background: Tobacco use is an important risk factor for non-communicable diseases worldwide. However, the global extent and prevalence of tobacco use in adolescents is poorly described.
Prof. Bo Xi, PhD +6 more
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Regression to the Mean's Impact on the Synthetic Control Method: Bias and Sensitivity Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 To make informed policy recommendations from observational data, we must be able to discern true treatment effects from random noise and effects due to confounding. Difference-in-Difference techniques which match treated units to control units based on pre-treatment outcomes, such as the synthetic control approach have been presented as principled ...
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Cadmium concentrations in tobacco and tobacco smoke
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 1983 The amount of cadmium in tobacco depends on the variety and origin of the plant as well as on the analytical method used to determine cadmium. In the literature, cadmium concentrations in tobacco of between 0.5 and 5 ppm are reported. Modern German cigarette tobacco contains about 0.5-1.5 micrograms cadmium/cigarette.
H. Barkemeyer, G. Scherer
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Preventive Medicine ReportsBackground and objectives: Secondhand tobacco smoke is associated with worsening asthma symptoms among children. However, the relationship between secondhand marijuana smoke and asthma symptoms among youth has not been examined.
Nora Satybaldiyeva +4 more
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Histopathological study on goldfish (Carassius auratus) gonads exposed to tobacco smoke [PDF]
arXivOrnamental fish have various positive effects in human life. Due to the effect and importance of aesthetics and artificial reproduction of these fish, which may be enclosed in aquarium environments and come in contact with cigarette smoke, the effects of tobacco smoke on the gonad tissue of goldfish were investigated.
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