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From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Scoping Review of Artificial Intelligence‐Powered Chatbots for Addressing Patients' and Caregivers' Information Needs

open access: yesMedicine Advances, EarlyView.
This scoping review synthesizes evidence from 24 studies (2019–2024) to examine how AI‐powered chatbots address patients' and caregivers' health information needs across diseases. Findings highlight key benefits such as accessibility, empowerment, efficiency, and personalization, alongside important limitations related to empathy, language and ...
Julie Desgroseilliers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The study sought to determine which patient characteristics are associated with the use of patient-facing digital health tools in the United States.We conducted a literature review of studies of patient-facing digital health tools that objectively ...
Acharya, Prasad   +6 more
core  

Examining hookah use among U.S. college students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textHookah smoking has become a popular form of tobacco use among college students. However, there is limited research exploring the risk factors associated with hookah use among this population. This study examined two risk factors, harm perceptions and
Chen, Yen Tzu
core   +1 more source

Tobacco control in Georgia – key achievements and challenges

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Georgia has one of the highest smoking prevalence among the European countries; cigarette smoking alone kills 8000 to 11 000 (22% of all death cases) people per year.
Nino Maglakelidze   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectively Regulating E-Cigarettes and Their Advertising—and the First Amendment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
If tobacco smoking did not exist in the United States, there would be no reason, from a public health perspective, to allow addictive, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be marketed and sold. Because e-cigarette use, by itself, is neither beneficial nor
Lindblom, Eric N
core   +1 more source

Does Continuous Disclosure Improve Investment Efficiency? Evidence from a Unique Regulatory Setting

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
We examine the association between continuous disclosure and investment efficiency within the context of Australia's unique regulatory setting for continuous disclosure. Based on 8,527 firm‐year observations, we find that continuous disclosure is positively associated with investment efficiency and helps to mitigate both over‐investment and under ...
Sudipta Bose   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Further insights on predictors of environmental tobacco smoke exposure during the pediatric age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: The smoking ban in public places has reduced Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure for non-smokers, but despite this, domestic environments still remain places at high risk of exposure, and, today, about 40% of children worldwide are ...
Antonucci, A.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Trends and patterns of dual use of combustible tobacco and e‐cigarettes among adults in England: A population study, 2016–2024

open access: yesAddiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 608-619, April 2025.
Abstract Background/Aims E‐cigarettes are frequently used by people who smoke. This study measured how the prevalence and patterns of smoking and vaping (‘dual use’) in England have changed as the vaping market has rapidly evolved. Design Representative monthly cross‐sectional survey, July 2016 to April 2024. Setting England.
Sarah E. Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Nicotine Levels Selection and Patterns of Electronic Cigarette use in a Group of “Vapers” Who Had Achieved Complete Substitution of Smoking

open access: yesSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2013
Background Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are alternative-to-smoking nicotine delivery devices; consumers (commonly called vapers) use them in order to reduce or completely substitute smoking.
Konstantinos E. Farsalinos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (E-cigarettes) marketing, sale and availability - an emerging challenge for tobacco control in India

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (E-cigarettes) are being advertised as novel products in all media and platforms across the globe. Despite the fact that these products are still not evaluated for safety and effectiveness by any regulatory
Ravinder Kumar, Pranay Lal
doaj   +1 more source

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