Menthol sensory qualities and smoking topography: a review of tobacco industry documents. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo determine what the tobacco industry knew about the potential effects of menthol on smoking topography-how a person smokes a cigarette.MethodsA snowball strategy was used to systematically search the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (http ...
McCandless, Phyra M, Yerger, Valerie B
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Environmental tobacco smoke [PDF]
Environmental tobacco smoke is an important contaminant of indoor air. For a non-smoker living with a smoker the exposure is equivalent to about 1% of that from actively smoking 20 cigarettes a day (based on plasma cotinine). There is strong and consistent evidence that passive smoking increases the risk of lung cancer. It is estimated that there is an
M R, Law, A K, Hackshaw
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Influence of Socioeconomic Factors, Gender and Indigenous Status on Smoking in Taiwan. [PDF]
The indigenous Austronesian minority of Taiwan is heavily affected by health disparities which may include suffering from a greater burden of the tobacco epidemic.
Hwang, Chiou-Wei +8 more
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Smoking behaviour, involuntary smoking, attitudes towards smoke-free legislations, and tobacco control activities in the European Union [PDF]
The six most important cost-effective policies on tobacco control can be measured by the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The objective of our study was to describe the correlation between the TCS and smoking prevalence, self-reported exposure to secondhand ...
Clancy, Luke +7 more
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Meconium samples used to assess infant exposure to the components of ETS during pregnancy
Objectives: The aim of the study was to use meconium samples to assess fetal exposure to compounds present in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Material and Methods: In order to assess fetal exposure to toxic tobacco smoke compounds, samples of meconium
Sylwia Narkowicz +3 more
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Tobacco smoke mediated induction of sinonasal microbial biofilms.
Cigarette smokers and those exposed to second hand smoke are more susceptible to life threatening infection than non-smokers. While much is known about the devastating effect tobacco exposure has on the human body, less is known about the effect of ...
Natalia Goldstein-Daruech +12 more
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Smoke-free hospitals in Poland – a cross-sectional survey
Introduction In 2010, the government of Poland passed an amended smoke-free law that strengthened existing tobacco control policies and banned smoking in hospitals.
Jarosław J. Fedorowski +4 more
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Tobacco use in the third trimester of pregnancy and its relationship to birth weight. A prospective study in Spain [PDF]
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
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Environmental tobacco smoke [PDF]
UK workplace regulations leave hospitality trade workforce unprotected Bans on smoking in public places and workplaces, including bars and restaurants, have recently been introduced in California and New York City and have been announced in Ireland. In addition, the UK Chief Medical Officer1 and the EU Health Commissioner have recently called for a ...
Edwards, Rodger +5 more
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New 2-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)benzimidazolines
New 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)benzimidazolines are synthesized in an easily accessible approach. The method is based on the reaction of resorcinol with in situ-formed electrophilic N-ethoxycarbonylbenzimidazolium reagents.
Yordan Stremski +3 more
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