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Menthol-enhanced cytotoxicity of cigarette smoke demonstrated in two bioassay models

open access: yesTobacco 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR SECOND-HAND CIGARETTE SMOKE ON THE RESPIRATORY MECHANICS AND PREVENTIVE BENEFITS OF EUCALYPTOL: A MURINE MODEL

open access: yesEnvironmental Smoke, 2023
Second-hand smokers, in various settings such as recreational areas, schools, workplaces, homes and other enclosed public spaces also experience the detrimental effects of exposure to cigarette smoke (CS).
Etevaldo Deves Fernandes Neto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco, air pollution, environmental carcinogenesis, and thoughts on conquering strategies of lung cancer

open access: yesCancer Biology & Medicine, 2019
Each year there will be an estimated 2.1 million new lung cancer cases and 1.8 million lung cancer deaths worldwide. Tobacco smoke is the No.1 risk factors of lung cancer, accounting for > 85% lung cancer deaths. Air pollution, or haze, comprises ambient
Guangbiao Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

The correlation between second-hand tobacco smoke exposure and biofilm formation in chronic rhinosinusitis

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction and purpose Tobacco smoke is a major health concern globally. Due to tobacco epidemic, approximately 8 million people died as a result of cigarette smoking in 2020 alone, where 1.2 million were caused by non-smokers inhaling second-hand ...
Arkadiusz Standyło   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Bots for Online Public Health Interventions [PDF]

open access: yes2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), Barcelona, Spain, 2018, pp. 186-189, 2018
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States hundreds of thousands initiate smoking each year, and millions live with smoking-related dis- eases. Many tobacco users discuss their habits and preferences on social media.
arxiv   +1 more source

Implementation of smoke-free homes in Poland

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2016
Objectives: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) constitutes a threat to the health of many people. In order to diminish ETS exposure, countries (including Poland) implemented legal restrictions of smoking in public places and worksites ...
Dorota Kaleta   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A multimodal deep learning architecture for smoking detection with a small data approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Introduction: Covert tobacco advertisements often raise regulatory measures. This paper presents that artificial intelligence, particularly deep learning, has great potential for detecting hidden advertising and allows unbiased, reproducible, and fair quantification of tobacco-related media content.
arxiv   +1 more source

Social inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure in children in Spain

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Introduction Children are particularly vulnerable to the health effects of secondhand smoke (SHS). The objectives of this study are to describe SHS exposure of children younger than 12 years in Spain and to identify potential social inequalities ...
Maria J López   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors related to caregivers’ risk perception of secondhand smoke exposure on children’s health

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2021
Introduction Home is one of the main places for children’s secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. The implementation of smoke-free rules at home might be influenced by caregivers’ risk perception of SHS exposure.
Xavier Continente   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between tobacco smoke exposure and vitamin D levels among US general population, 2001–2014: temporal variation and inequalities in population susceptibility

open access: yesEnvironmental science and pollution research international, 2022
Tobacco smoking is endocrine-disrupting and may interfere with vitamin D endocrine systems (VDES), but supporting evidence is limited and inconsistent.
Lei Yuan, Jingyi Ni
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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