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The Health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke; a report of the Surgeon General : executive summary [PDF]

This Surgeon General\u2019s report returns to the topic of the health effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. The last comprehensive review of this evidence by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was in the 1986 Surgeon General ...

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Prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke by industry in central America: findings from the II central American survey of working conditions and health

Scientific Reports
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure remains a preventable cause of illness and death worldwide. Tobacco smoke bans reduce exposure, but enforcement in Central America has been slow. Workplaces can reduce ETS impact through policies.
Tracey E. Barnett, Aro N. Choi, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras   +2 more
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Impact of tobacco control policies in hospitals: Evaluation of a national smoke-free campus ban in Spain

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2014
Introduction: On January 2, 2011, the Spanish government passed a new smoking law that banned smoking in hospital campuses. The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of smoke-free campuses in the hospitals of Catalonia based on both ...
Xisca Sureda, Montse Ballbè, Cristina Martínez, Marcela Fu, Esther Carabasa, Esteve Saltó, Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez, Esteve Fernández   +7 more
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
Oxidative stress is involved in multiple chemical reactions that take place in different intracellular organelles: mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, peroxisomes, autophagy, and aging, and can be influenced by exogenous factors: nutrition, physical activity, psychological status, environmental conditions, microbiome, and drugs.
Pedro Bullon, Francesca Giampieri, Beatriz Bullon, Maurizio Battino   +3 more
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Practices related to tobacco sale, promotion and protection from tobacco smoke exposure in restaurants and bars in Kampala before implementation of the Uganda tobacco control Act 2015

, 2017
Introduction The Word Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control calls on parties to implement evidenced-based tobacco control policies, which includes Article 8 (protect the public from exposure to tobacco smoke), and Article 13 ...
David Guwatudde, Daniel Kadobera, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi, Lindsay Robertson, Shannon Gravely   +6 more
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Indoor Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Emission Levels in Six Lebanese Cities [PDF]

, 2010
Background: To date, Lebanon has failed to enact comprehensive clean indoor air laws despite ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which calls for the protection of non-smokers from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS).
Otrock, Zaher, Saade, Georges, Seidenberg, Andrew, Connolly, Gregrory, Rees, Vaughan, Saade G., Rees V.W., Otrock Z., Seidenberg A.B., Connolly G.N.   +9 more
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Periodontal Medicine Rewired: Mechanisms Linking Periodontitis to Systemic Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review reorganizes decades of research in periodontal medicine into a multi‐dimensional framework, illustrating how periodontitis influences systemic health through at least seven interconnected mechanisms. ABSTRACT Periodontitis is now recognized not merely as a localized oral condition but as a systemic disease linked to over 70 communicable and
Mario Romandini, George Hajishengallis, Mike Curtis, Giacomo Baima   +3 more
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Oral Health, Periodontitis, and Respiratory Diseases: Biological Pathways

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aims to provide a comprehensive update on the potential mechanisms by which poor oral health and periodontitis impact lung health, focusing on pneumonia, COPD, and asthma. ABSTRACT Poor oral hygiene and periodontitis influence lung diseases such as pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID‐19, and asthma.
Raluca P. Vacaru, Andreea C. Didilescu, Frank A. Scannapieco   +2 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Effects of passive inhalation of cigarette smoke on structural and functional parameters in the respiratory system of guinea pigs

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: To evaluate the effects of passive inhalation of cigarette smoke on the respiratory system of guinea pigs. Methods: Male guinea pigs were divided into two groups: control and passive smoking, the latter being exposed to the smoke of ten ...
Thiago Brasileiro de Vasconcelos, Fernanda Yvelize Ramos de Araújo, João Paulo Melo de Pinho, Pedro Marcos Gomes Soares, Vasco Pinheiro Diógenes Bastos   +4 more
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