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Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2012 The use of combustible tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipe, bidis, kreteks, and hookah) among adults remains widespread around the world. Unless dramatic progress is made diminishing the initiation and increasing cessation of combustible tobacco product use, a billion preventable deaths will occur in the 21st century [1]. These deaths will
McAfee, Timothy A., Kruger, Judy
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2016 Tobacco use is a pervasive public health problem and the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. This article reviews the epidemiology of tobacco use in youth, with a description of cigarettes, alternative tobacco product, and polytobacco use patterns among the general population and among adolescents with psychiatric
Deepa R, Camenga, Jonathan D, Klein
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Tracking progress of tobacco control in Pakistan against the MPOWER package of interventions : challenges and opportunities [PDF]
, 2020 MPOWER is an evidence-based package of the six most effective demand reduction interventions to reduce tobacco use. Global evidence shows that introduction of this package has accelerated and strengthened tobacco control worldwide with over 5 billion ...
Gill, Paramjit +3 more
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Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 Tobacco use is the largest single preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. Standardised tobacco packaging is an intervention intended to reduce the promotional appeal of packs and can be defined as packaging with a uniform colour (and in some cases shape and size) with no logos or branding, apart from health warnings and other government ...
McNeill, Ann +5 more
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Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2011 Introdução: O fumo passivo é atualmente considerado o principal poluente em ambientes internos, sem nível seguro de exposição. Objetivo: O presente estudo visa a quantificar os níveis de nicotina no ar em bares de São Paulo, Brasil, antes e depois da lei
Mônica Andreis +5 more
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“If You Are Old Enough to Die for Your Country, You Should Be Able to Get a Pinch of Snuff”: Views of Tobacco 21 Among Appalachian Youth [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Multiple strategies have been utilized in attempts to decrease the prevalence of youth tobacco use. One strategy, raising the minimum legal sale age (MLSA) of tobacco products to 21, known as Tobacco 21, has recently gained popularity ...
Bhatnagar, Aruni +5 more
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The environmental and health impacts of tobacco agriculture, cigarette manufacture and consumption. [PDF]
, 2015 The health consequences of tobacco use are well known, but less recognized are the significant environmental impacts of tobacco production and use.
Bialous, Stella Aguinaga +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of these interventions have shown to be efficacious in randomized trials, it often takes
Brittni N. Howard +6 more
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Online Tobacco Marketing and Subsequent Tobacco Use [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2018 BACKGROUND:Nearly 2.9 million US adolescents engaged with online tobacco marketing in 2013 to 2014. We assess whether engagement is a risk factor for tobacco use initiation, increased frequency of use, progression to poly-product use, and cessation.METHODS:We analyzed data from 11 996 adolescents sampled in the nationally representative, longitudinal ...
Samir, Soneji +6 more
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Prevalence, determinants and impact of unawareness about the health consequences of tobacco use among 17,929 school personnel in 29 African countries. [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: To assess prevalence, determinants and impact of unawareness about the health consequences of tobacco use among school personnel in Africa. Design: Cross-sectional surveys. Setting: Twenty-nine African countries.
Agaku, IT, Filippidis, FT
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