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Attitudes of women from Kazakhstan regarding tobacco control policy as cancer prevention

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco related cancers are a substantial public health problem, taking a leading position in morbidity and mortality. For more than 10 years, Kazakhstan has implemented a tobacco control policy.
Alma Zhylkiadarova, Togzhan Khaidarova
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Smoking prevalence among inpatients with drug resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. High smoking prevalence and the risk of adverse TB outcomes has been reported among TB patients in South Africa.
Zifikile Shangase   +2 more
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Patterns of tobacco use and quit attempts in rural India

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background India is the second largest consumer of tobacco and accounts for about 1/6 th of the global deaths due to tobacco. The objectives of this study were to determine the patterns of tobacco use and the association of tobacco use and quit ...
Priyanka Dsouza Rent   +1 more
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How tobacco control advocates and organizational leaders in California view endgame policies

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco control policy innovations often start at the local level. The U.S. state of California, and localities within it, have been tobacco control policy leaders.
Elizabeth Smith   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smoking uptake, transitions and inequalities in Scottish young adults - a mixed methods study

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background In recent years there has been a major decline in the smoking prevalence of under-16 year olds in Scotland, but relatively little decline smoking among 16-24 year olds.
Andy Macgregor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of 85% pictorial health warnings on manufactured cigarette package: a cross-sectional survey at retail shops

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The trend for larger, picture health warnings is growing and unstoppable. Thailand have now finalized full color picture health warnings (PHWs) requirements, an increase from the 50% of the cigarette package front and back to 85% that had ...
Sarunya Benjakul, Saroj Nakju
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of TAPS bans and public support for point-of-sale (POS) bans in Brazil: findings from the ITC Brazil Survey, 2009-17

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Research in high-income countries shows that exposure to point-of-sale (POS) product displays encourages youth smoking, promotes impulse purchasing, and undermines quitting, and that there is strong public support for POS advertising bans ...
Felipe Mendes   +7 more
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Factors associated with intention to quit among tobacco users in India: findings from TCP India survey - Wave 1 and Wave 2

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background In India, it is important to understand the factors that promote intention to quit as quitting is rather uncommon. Data from International Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) Project conducted in four states (Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and ...
Keyuri Adhikari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with short and long term successful quit among adults female smokers: prospective follow up of Quitline users in Republic of Korea

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Female has been targeted as new consumers of tobacco products by tobacco companies, and female smoking prevalence has been increased in the world including recent increasing in some Asian countries.
Min Kyung Lim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure of smoking scenes in popular movies among Koreans from 2006-2015

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background To identify a trend of smoking scene exposures in popular movies among the Koreans and to investigate where and when the smoking scenes were appeared.
Sungkyu Lee, Jinyoung Kim, Yu-Jin Paek
doaj   +1 more source

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