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Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1968
Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a causal relation between smoking of cigarettes and cancer of the lung in man. Women smokers, cigar, and pipe smokers also face an increased risk for lung cancer. Prospective and retrospective studies have found a correlation between smoking of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes and cancer of the oral cavity, larynx ...
E L, Wynder, D, Hoffmann
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Asthma and Tobacco Smoking

open access: yesJournal of Personalized Medicine, 2022
Asthma is a prevalent chronic pulmonary condition with significant morbidity and mortality. Tobacco smoking is implicated in asthma pathophysiology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Smokers display increased prevalence and incidence of asthma, but a causal association cannot be claimed using existing evidence.
Vanesa Bellou   +2 more
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Environmental tobacco smoke [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Medical Bulletin, 1996
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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Interventions for Tobacco Smoking [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2013
Around 19% of US adults smoke cigarettes, and smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of death in this country. Without treatment only ∼5% of smokers who try to quit achieve long-term abstinence, but evidence-based cessation treatment increases this figure to 10% to 30%.
Tanya R, Schlam, Timothy B, Baker
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Environmental tobacco smoke [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational and Environmental Medicine, 2004
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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EUREST PLUS - European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy implementation to reduce lung diseases - Proposal (Horizon2020)

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2016
EUREST-PLUS, a thirteen –partner EU joint proposal, coordinated by ENSP (Coordinator: Constantine Vardavas), aims to monitor and evaluate the impact of the TPD at an EU level. The specific objectives of the proposal are: 1.
Constantine Vardavas
doaj   +1 more source

FCTC "Orphans" - Article 14, 19 and supply side measures

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has been successful in many ways. However, some articles have received less attention than others. Other issues, such as some supply side measures, were left out of the FCTC altogether. This presentation
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy   +2 more
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Genetic Factors Associated with COPD Depend on the Ancestral Caucasian/Amerindian Component in the Mexican Population

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2021
Genetic variability influences the susceptibility to and severity of complex diseases; there is a lower risk of COPD in Hispanics than in non-Hispanic Caucasians.
Gloria Pérez-Rubio   +6 more
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Impact of the ENSP eLearning platform on improving knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy for treating tobacco dependence: An assessment across 15 European countries

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
Introduction In 2018, the European Network for Smoking Cessation and Prevention (ENSP) released an update to its Tobacco Treatment Guidelines for healthcare professionals, which was the scientific base for the development of an accredited eLearning ...
Charis Girvalaki   +24 more
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