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Tobacco smoke particles and indoor air quality (ToPIQ) - the protocol of a new study [PDF]

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2011
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to indoor air pollution. Since decades it is well documented that ETS can be harmful to human health and causes premature death and disease.
Mueller Daniel, Uibel Stefanie, Braun Markus, Klingelhoefer Doris, Takemura Masaya, Groneberg David A   +5 more
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Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Hospitality Venues Before and After Passage of Statewide Smoke‐Free Legislation [PDF]

Public Health Nursing, 2016
AbstractObjectiveIn 2012, North Dakota enacted a comprehensive statewide law prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places. Disparities in tobacco control exist in rural areas. This study's objective was to determine the extent to which the passage of a comprehensive, statewide, smoke‐free law in a predominantly rural state influenced tobacco smoke ...
Kelly, Buettner-Schmidt, Blake, Boursaw, Marie L, Lobo, Mark J, Travers   +3 more
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Air pollution, fetal and infant tobacco smoke exposure, and wheezing in preschool children: a population-based prospective birth cohort [PDF]

Environmental Health, 2012
Background Air pollution is associated with asthma exacerbations. We examined the associations of exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with the risk of wheezing in preschool children, and assessed whether these ...
Sonnenschein-van der Voort Agnes MM, de Kluizenaar Yvonne, Jaddoe Vincent WV, Gabriele Carmelo, Raat Hein, Moll Henriëtte A, Hofman Albert, Pierik Frank H, Miedema Henk ME, de Jongste Johan C, Duijts Liesbeth   +10 more
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Pulmonary toxicity of chronic exposure to tobacco and biomass smoke in rats

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the separate and combined effects of tobacco and biomass smoke exposure on pulmonary histopathology in rats.
Omer Tamer Dogan, Sahande Elagoz, Sefa Levent Ozsahin, Kursat Epozturk, Ersin Tuncer, Ibrahim Akkurt   +5 more
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"Efforts to Reprioritise the Agenda" in China: British American Tobacco's Efforts to Influence Public Policy on Secondhand Smoke in China. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Each year, 540 million Chinese are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS), resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. Smoke-free policies have been demonstrated to decrease overall cigarette consumption, encourage smokers to quit, and protect the ...
Gan, Quan, Hurt, Richard D, Muggli Monique E, Richard D Hurt, Lee Kelley, Hurt Richard D, Ebbert, Jon O, Kelley Lee, Gan Quan, Muggli, Monique E, Lee, Kelley, Quan Gan, Monique E Muggli, Jon O Ebbert, Ebbert Jon O   +14 more
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Menthol-enhanced cytotoxicity of cigarette smoke demonstrated in two bioassay models

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2013
Background Cigarette smoke is harmful to human health at both cellular and genetic levels. Recently, a unique bioassay for smoke cytotoxicity using air pollution-sensitive plant cells (tobacco) has been proposed.
Atsuko Noriyasu, Tadashi Konishi, Shinichi Mochizuki, Kazuo Sakurai, Yutaka Tanaike, Ken Matsuyama, Kazuya Uezu, Tomonori Kawano   +7 more
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Using air quality monitoring to reduce second-hand smoke exposure in homes: the AFRESH feasibility study

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2017
Introduction Few interventions to reduce second-hand smoke in homes where children are present have been successful. A novel intervention was developed that included personal airquality feedback.
Ruaraidh Dobson, Rachel O'Donnell, Marijn de Bruin, Stephen Turner, Sean Semple   +4 more
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Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: the example of the UK cigarette market. [PDF]

, 2013
AIMS: Tobacco tax increases are the most effective means of reducing tobacco use and inequalities in smoking, but effectiveness depends on transnational tobacco company (TTC) pricing strategies, specifically whether TTCs overshift tax increases (increase
Gilmore, Anna B, Taylor, Gordon, Taylor, G, Tavakoly, Behrooz, Reed, H, Reed, Howard, Tavakoly, B, Gilmore, AB   +7 more
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Smoking Behavior and Cigarette Expenditure in a Household: Evidence for Smoke-Free Houses Initiation in Indonesia

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023
Background: The household is considered as a private area that is untouched tobacco control policies in developing countries, especially in Indonesia, which has not ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty.
Al Asyary, Meita Veruswati
doaj   +1 more source

Different genes interact with particulate matter and tobacco smoke exposure in affecting lung function decline in the general population [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress related genes modify the effects of ambient air pollution or tobacco smoking on lung function decline. The impact of interactions might be substantial, but previous studies mostly focused on main effects of single genes ...
Russi, Erich W., Nicole M Probst-Hensch, Curjuric, I., Curjuric, Ivan, Margot Haun (102627), Probst-Hensch, Nicole M., Erich W Russi, Dirkje S Postma, Russi Erich W., Postma, D. S., Rochat, Thierry, Haun Margot, Margot Haun, Thierry Rochat, Florence Demenais (73668), Florian Kronenberg (87557), Demenais, Florence, Harish Phuleria (152989), Dirkje S. Postma (101740), Nicole M. Probst-Hensch (110284), Russi, E. W., Medea Imboden, Nadif, R., Ivan Curjuric, Postma, Dirkje,, Postma, Dirkje, S., Phuleria, Harish, Nino Künzli (16965), Kronenberg Florian, Nino Künzli, Curjuric Ivan, Kumar Ashish, Florian Kronenberg, Ashish Kumar, Haun, M., Nadif, Rachel, Postma, Dirkje S., Erich W. Russi (142906), Russi, Erich,, Christian Schindler (71594), Imboden, Medea, Rachel Nadif, Postma Dirkje S., Kumar, A., Harish Phuleria, Rochat, T., Christian Schindler, Phuleria Harish, Thierry Rochat (110261), Nadif Rachel, Kuenzli, Nino, Künzli Nino, Kumar, Ashish, Ivan Curjuric (110179), Phuleria, H., Kronenberg, Florian, Schindler Christian, Florence Demenais, Russi, Erich, W., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, M., Künzli, Nino, Künzli, N., Imboden, M., Medea Imboden (110145), Rachel Nadif (152983), Imboden Medea, Demenais, F., Rochat Thierry, Kronenberg, F., Probst-Hensch, N. M., Ashish Kumar (152984), Probst-Hensch, Nicole,, Haun, Margot, Schindler, Christian, Schindler, C., Probst-Hensch Nicole M., Demenais Florence   +76 more
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