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The environmental and health impacts of tobacco agriculture, cigarette manufacture and consumption. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

open access: yesNature, 2022
Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury1–4.
G. Saunders   +216 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Qualidade do Ar em Bares de São Paulo/Brasil antes e depois da Lei de Ambientes Fechados Livres de Fumo

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, determinants and impact of unawareness about the health consequences of tobacco use among 17,929 school personnel in 29 African countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Online Tobacco Marketing and Subsequent Tobacco Use [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Tobacco Product Use and Associated Factors Among Middle and High School Students — National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2021

open access: yesMorbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2022
Problem/Condition Commercial tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States. Most tobacco product use begins during adolescence.
Andrea S. Gentzke   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to implementing an evidence-based woman-focused intervention in South African health services

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Peer crowd affiliation as a segmentation tool for young adult tobacco use. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundIn California, young adult tobacco prevention is of prime importance; 63% of smokers start by the age of 18 years, and 97% start by the age of 26 years.
Jordan, Jeffrey W   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy are among the strongest and most preventable risk factors for adverse neonatal health outcomes, but few developmentally sensitive, population-based studies of this phenomenon have been conducted.
DiNitto, Diana M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the
Tara Carney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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