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Attitudes of women from Kazakhstan regarding tobacco control policy as cancer prevention
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
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
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
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
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Smoking uptake, transitions and inequalities in Scottish young adults - a mixed methods study
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
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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
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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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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
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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
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Exposure of smoking scenes in popular movies among Koreans from 2006-2015
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
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