Factors associated with experimentation of electronic cigarettes among Parisian teenagers in 2013
Conclusions:
Rate of e-cig. experimentation among schoolchildren increased by 8.1 % in 1 year. Non-smoking youth may use e-cig. Prospective studies are urgently needed to assess the evolution of e-cig. use both among smoking and non-smoking youth. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - December 16, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bertrand DautzenbergIvan BerlinMarie-Laure TanguyNicole RieuPierre Birkui Source Type: research
The effects of smoking on obesity: evidence from Indonesian panel data
Conclusions:
Smoking exerted little influence on weight, and it was important to control for bias stemming from time invariant individual heterogeneity. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - November 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kitae Sohn Source Type: research
Smoking determines the 10-year (2004–2014) prognosis in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: the GREECS observational study
Conclusions:
Active smoking and second-hand smoke among cardiac patients still represent a substantial clinical burden. Thus, smoking cessation policies should be incorporated into the long-term therapeutic management. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - November 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Venetia NotaraDemosthenes PanagiotakosSemina KouroupiIfigenia StergiouliYannis KogiasPetros StravopodisGeorge PapanagnouSpyros ZombolosYannis MantasAntonis AntonoulasChristos Pitsavosfor the GREECS Study Investigators, Greece Source Type: research
Comparison of smoking habits, knowledge, attitudes and tobacco control interventions between primary care physicians and nurses
Background:
Primary care providers are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation. We aimed to evaluate knowledge levels about the health effects of smoking and attitudes toward smoking and tobacco control activities among primary care providers.
Methods:
In the cross-sectional and primary care-based study, self-administered surveys modified from the WHO Global Health Professional Survey 5A steps of smoking cessation practice (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange) were provided to primary care physicians (PCPhs) and nurses (PCNs).
Results:
Respondents included 1182 PCPhs and 1063 PCNs. The proportions of current ...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - November 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cemil SonmezLeyla AydinYasemin TurkerDavut BaltaciSuber DikiciYunus SariguzelFatih AlasanMehmet DelerMehmet KaracamMustafa Demir Source Type: research
Prevalence and association of smokeless tobacco use with the development of periodontal pocket among adult males in Dawan Valley, Yemen: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions:
The results revealed that periodontal pockets were significantly associated with age group (30 years old and above), low family income category, former shammah use, and current shammah use. The findings of the current study highlighted the need to develop comprehensive shammah prevention programs and reduce periodontal disease and other shammah-associated diseases. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - November 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Badr Al-TayarMon Tin-OoMohd SinorMohammed Alakhali Source Type: research
Twitter users’ reaction to a chain pharmacy’s decision to end tobacco sales
Conclusions:
There was little disapproval of CVS’s decision to end tobacco sales among Twitter users, possibly due to the voluntary nature of the decision. The level of support suggests that CVS’s image and bottom line will not suffer as a result. Further voluntary actions to end tobacco sales – which may lay the groundwork for legislation -- should be incentivized and supported. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - November 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Patricia McDanielHannah PatzkeRuth Malone Source Type: research
Use of snus, its association with smoking and alcohol consumption, and related attitudes among adolescents: the Finnish National School Health Promotion Study
Background:
The relationship between the use of snus and lifestyle-related habits – especially in adolescence, when these behaviours begin and become established – is not widely studied. Our aim was to analyse associations between snus use and habits of and attitudes towards smoking and alcohol consumption among Finnish adolescents.
Methods:
The study is a part of the National School Health Promotion Study in Finland. The study population consisted of a representative sample of Finnish adolescents (n = 183 226). A questionnaire enquired about pupils’ use of snus, habits of and attitudes towards smoking and alcoho...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - October 24, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Battsetseg TseveenjavPaula PesonenJorma Virtanen Source Type: research
Overview of state policies requiring smoking cessation therapy in psychiatric hospitals and drug abuse treatment centers
Conclusions:
Our updated review of statewide smoking cessation policies in alcoholic, drug abuse, and mental health populations reveals that while clinical findings that affect population health may be well-publicized in the research community, these findings are not necessarily translated into policy. Further research on policy diffusion is needed. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - October 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: David KrauthDorie Apollonio Source Type: research
Evaluation of anti-smoking television advertising on tobacco control among urban community population in Chongqing, China
Conclusions:
This study showed that this advertisement did not show significant differences on smoking-related knowledge and attitude between non-smokers who had seen the ad and those who had not. Thus, this form may not be the right tool to facilitate change in non-smokers. The ad should instead be focused on the smoking population. Gender, smoking status, and age influenced the effect of anti-smoking TV advertising on the general population in China. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Xianglong XuTao GongYong ZhangChengbin WuYao XieHarry WangRunzhi ZhuWentao LiLibin AnYong Zhao Source Type: research
Fidelity monitoring across the seven studies in the Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART)
Conclusion:
While fidelity monitoring can be challenging especially in dissemination trials, the seven CHART studies used a variety of methods to enhance fidelity with consideration for feasibility and sustainability.Trial registrationDissemination of Tobacco Tactics for hospitalized smokers. Clinical Trials Registration No. NCT01309217.Smoking cessation in hospitalized smokers. Clinical Trials Registration No. NCT01289275.Using “warm handoffs” to link hospitalized smokers with tobacco treatment after discharge: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Trials Registration No. NCT01305928.Web-based smok...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sonia DuffySharon CumminsJeffrey FellowsKathleen HarringtonCarrie KirbyErin RogersTaneisha ScheuermannHilary TindleAndrea Waltjethe Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART) Source Type: research
Effects of smoking cessation on serum leptin and adiponectin levels
Background:
Evidence on the association of leptin and adiponectin and smoking is limited and discordant. Leptin and adiponectin represent the most abundant adipokines in human plasma that play crucial roles in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. Leptin up-regulates the expression of several pro-inflammatory cytokines and is increased upon weight gain. Adiponectin has been shown to possess insulin sensitizing, anti -inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties and is increased upon weight reduction. Our aim was to assess the effects of smoking cessation on serum leptin and adip...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Maria KryftiKaterina DimakouMichail ToumbisZoe DaniilChryssi HatzoglouKonstantinos Gourgoulianis Source Type: research
The effects of Secondhand Smoke (SHS) exposure on microvascular endothelial function among healthy women
Conclusion:
In this study, generally healthy non-smoking women who have higher, lower and non-detected hair nicotine levels did not show significant differences in their microvascular endothelial function. Low levels of SHS exposure among generally healthy non-smoking women may not significantly impair their microvascular endothelial function. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Zulkefli SanipSiti HanaffiImran AhmadSiti YusoffAida RasoolHarmy Yusoff Source Type: research
Tobacco and end stage renal disease: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Argentinian Northern Patagonia
Background:
Smoking and chronic kidney disease are major public health problems with common features -high prevalence and mortality, high cardiovascular risk, gender differences and high prevalence in low income people-, but the link between them is poorly recognized. Our objectives were to investigate the exposure of dialysis patients to tobacco and to know their smoking behavior.
Methods:
We performed a multicenter, cross-sectional study in nine dialysis units in the Argentinian Northern Patagonia. We investigated smoker status, lifetime tobacco consumption, current tobacco use, breath carbon monoxide and % carboxyhaemog...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Maria AlbaAlicia CitarelliFernanda MenniMaria AgricolaAlejandra BraicovichEduardo De HortaFernando De RosaGraciela FilaninoRaul GaggiottiNelson JunquerasSandra MartinelliAdriana MilanMabel MoralesSilvia SettiDaniel Villalba Source Type: research
Low nicotine dependence and high self-efficacy can predict smoking cessation independent of the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a three year follow up of a population-based study
Background:
Smoking is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and smoking cessation is the only intervention that slows disease progression. It is important to know whether current factors related to smoking and smoking cessation are different among subjects with and without COPD in order to support smoking cessation. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors related to smoking cessation and to compare characteristics and nicotine dependence among smokers with and without COPD.
Methods:
In 2005, 1614 subjects in a population-based longitudinal study of subjects with COPD and controls were...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - August 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Anne LindbergBenjamin NiskaCaroline StridsmanBritt-Marie EklundBerne ErikssonLinnea Hedman Source Type: research
Assessment of nicotine dependence among smokers in Nepal: a community based cross-sectional study
Background:
The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) are extensively used methods to measure the severity of nicotine dependence among smokers. The primary objective of the study was to assess the nicotine dependence amongst currently smoking Nepalese population.
Methods:
A community based cross-sectional study was conducted between August and November 2014. Information was collected using semi-structured questionnaire from three districts of Nepal. Data on demographic characteristics, history of tobacco use and level of nicotine dependence were collected from 587 smokers thr...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - August 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Umesh AryalDharma BhattaNirmala ShresthaAnju Gautam Source Type: research
