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Distribution of new graphic warning labels: Are tobacco companies following regulations?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that tobacco companies would not follow a regulation that required seven new graphic health warnings (GHWs) to be evenly distributed on cigarette packs and that they would distribute fewer packs featuring warnings regarded by smokers as being more disturbing.MethodCross-sectional survey of purchased packs (n=168) and street-collected discarded packs (convenience sample of New Zealand cities and towns, n=1208 packs) with statistical analysis of seven types of new GHWs. A priori warning impact was judged using three criteria, which were tested against data from depth interviews with retailers....
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - August 25, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nick WilsonJo PeaceJudy LiRichard EdwardsJanet HoekJames StanleyGeorge Thomson Source Type: journals

Promoting cessation and a tobacco free future: willingness of pharmacy students at the University of Lagos, NigeriaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: From this study it can be concluded that smoking prevalence is low among pharmacy students at the University of Lagos. Awareness of global policy is low but they are willing to be involved in smoking cessation and promoting a tobacco free future. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - August 22, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bolajoko AinaAdebayo OnajoleBabatunde LawalOpeoluwa Oyerinde Source Type: journals

Assessment of smoking status based on cotinine levels in nasal lavage fluidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cotinine is a principal metabolite of nicotine with a substantially longer half-life, and cotinine levels in saliva, urine or serum are widely used to validate self-reported smoking status. The nasal cavity and olfactory system are directly exposed to tobacco smoke in smokers and in non-smokers who live with or work around smokers. However, despite the potential for a direct impact of tobacco smoke on the nasal epithelium and olfactory neurons, no prior studies have assessed cotinine levels in nasal mucus. We sought to determine whether cotinine levels in nasal lavage fluid (NLF) would provide a reasonable estimate of smok...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - July 3, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mehmet Hakan OzdenerKaren YeeRyan McDermottBeverly CowartAldona VainiusPamela DaltonNancy Rawson Source Type: journals

Correlates of smoking quit attempts: Florida Tobacco Callback Survey, 2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Targeted smoking cessation interventions are needed for smokers with selected medical conditions and with high nicotine dependence. The importance of physician advice in encouraging individuals to quit is further highlighted. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - June 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Evelyn DavilaWei ZhaoMargaret ByrneMonica WebbYougie HuangKristopher ArheartNoella DietzAlberto Caban-MartinezDorothy ParkerDavid Lee Source Type: journals

Tobacco companies are booming despite an economic depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During the past year, an economic crisis has affected economies and life styles throughout the world. However, the three largest transnational tobacco companies--Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco--showed excellent returns during this period, reflecting more widespread indirect exposure to smoking. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - June 15, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Peisen HeEiji Yano Source Type: journals

Smoke-free hospitals in Greece: Personnel perceptions, compliance and smoking habitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Smoke-free environments in Greece are scarce. Despite existent legislation that forbids smoking in all health care service centers, smoking is still evident. Using a random sample of hospital personnel from a large university hospital in Greece, we evaluated their smoking habits, perceptions and compliance towards hospital smoking regulations. 57.8% of the nursing personnel and 34.5% of medical/research staff were found to be current smokers (p < 0.05). Although 66% of the staff does not oppose the complete hospital smoking ban, 95% responded that they would prefer it to be partial. The above findings warrant the necessity...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - March 31, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Constantine I Vardavas, Izolde Bouloukaki, Manolis K Linardakis, Penelope Tzilepi, Nikos Tzanakis and Anthony G Kafatos Source Type: journals

Smoke-free hospitals in Greece: personnel perceptions, compliance and smoking habitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Smoke-free environments in Greece are scarce. Despite existent legislation that forbids smoking in all health care service centers, smoking is still evident. Using a random sample of hospital personnel from a large university hospital in Greece, we evaluated their smoking habits, perceptions and compliance towards hospital smoking regulations. 57.8 % of the nursing personnel and 34.5 % of medical/research staff were current smokers (p (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - March 31, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Constantine I Vardavas, Izolde Bouloukaki, Manolis K Linardakis, Penelope Tzilepi, Nikos Tzanakis and Anthony G Kafatos Source Type: journals

School-based smoking prevention programs with the promise of long-term effectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I provide a systematic review of trials of school-based smoking prevention programs that had at least 15 sessions, preferably with some in high school, that reported significant short-term effects, and that included long-term follow-up. This is supplemented with a description of some other programs that produce short-term effects that portend large long-term effects. I conclude that school-based programs can have long-term effects of practical importance it they: include 15 or more sessions, over multiple years, including some in high school; use the social influence model and interactive delivery methods; include componen...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - March 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Brian R Flay Source Type: journals

The promise of long-term effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention programs: a critical review of reviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I provide a review and critique of meta-analyses and systematic reviews of school-based smoking prevention programs that focus on long-term effects. Several of these reviews conclude that the effects of school-based smoking prevention programs are small and find no evidence that they have significant long-term effects. I find that these reviews all have methodological problems limiting their conclusions. These include severe limiting of the studies included because of performance bias, student attrition, non-reporting of ICCs, inappropriate classification of intervention approach, and inclusion of programs that had no shor...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - March 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Brian R Flay Source Type: journals

The roll-your-own cigarette market in Canada: a cross-sectional exploratory studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates that RYO tobacco use is not a negligible problem within Canada and provides valuable new insight for developing future tobacco control initiatives for this population of smokers. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - March 16, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Scott T Leatherdale, Murray Kaiserman and Rashid Ahmed Source Type: journals

Age of smoking initiation and risk of breast cancer in a sample of Ontario womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The results suggest that women who initiate smoking at an older age are at an increased risk of breast cancer. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - February 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Erin Young, Scott T Leatherdale, Margaret Sloan, Nancy Kreiger and Andriana Barisic Source Type: journals

Youth Tobacco Use Cessation: 2008 UpdateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions are made regarding implications for developing and implementing teen tobacco use cessation programs. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - January 30, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Steve Sussman and Ping Sun Source Type: journals

Explaining cross-country variation in cigarette consumptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This short paper uses cross-country data on per capita cigarette consumption and selected socio-economic variables to explain inter-country differentials in consumption. It is found that the proportion of the aged in the total population and higher literacy among women have relatively greater and positive impact on cigarette consumption. Even after controlling for the effect of the two variables, a country's industrialized status has a positive impact on consumption. It would thus seem that aging and economic, and social developments are pro-cigarette consumption. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - January 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kolluru Srinivas and Bhanoji Rao Source Type: journals

The historical decline of tobacco smoking among Australian physicians: 1964-1997Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Overall, our review suggests that not only do contemporary Australian physicians smoke at very low rates when compared internationally, but that an active professional community can also make a real difference to the lifestyle choices of its own members. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - December 29, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Derek R Smith and Peter A Leggat Source Type: journals

Tobacco use and susceptibility to bacterial infectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Active smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of bacterial infection. A review of the recent evidence reveals that tobacco smoke increases susceptibility to respiratory tract infections, including tuberculosis, pneumonia and Legionnaires disease; bacterial vaginosis and sexually transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea; Helicobacter pylori infection; periodontitis; meningitis; otitis media; and nosocomial infections. Further epidemiological and mechanistic research into this important area is warranted. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - December 18, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Juhi Bagaitkar, Donald R Demuth and David A Scott Source Type: journals

A report of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussions held during the three days meeting's sessions (including poster session and platform discussion) promoted a better understanding of the connection between tobacco use and associated medical and health consequences. The Sixth Annual meeting of ISPTiD served as another successful step toward decrease in the huge sociological and economical burden that the entire World is facing with this addiction. The proceedings of the meeting were published in the conference booklet, the ISPTiD global web site and Cancer Database abstract web site. Funds generated from this meeting helped in part to establish the society's Jou...
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - December 17, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Parimal Chowdhury and Maxim Dobretsov Source Type: journals

The historical decline of tobacco smoking among United States physicians: 1949–1984Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although the quality and coverage of historical surveys varied over time, a review of their main results indicates a clear and consistent decline in tobacco use among US physicians between 1949 and 1984. Much can be learned from this pivotal era of public health, where the importance of scientific knowledge, professional leadership and social responsibility helped set positive examples in the fight against tobacco. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - September 9, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Derek R Smith Source Type: journals

Tobacco Induced Diseases moves to BioMed CentralEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This Editorial marks the transfer of Tobacco Induced Diseases to BioMed Central's publishing platform. (Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases)
Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases - July 31, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: J Elliott Scott Source Type: journals