tobacco smoking

Tobacco Smoking and Mortality in Asia: A Pooled Meta-Analysis

Scientific article

29 March 2019

Key Points Question: How are secular trends of tobacco smoking associated with mortality across countries or regions by birth cohorts in Asia? Findings: This pooled meta-analysis of 1 002 258 participants in 20 prospective cohort studies...

What’s Better Than JUULING?

21 September 2018

Jacksonville

United States

This 4-minute video highlights positive, healthy and fun alternatives to using the JUUL, other e-cigarettes and tobacco.

A Prospective, Observational Study Investigating the Use of Carbon Monoxide Screening to Identify Maternal Smoking in a Large University Hospital in Ireland

Scientific article

23 July 2018

Abstract Objectives: This study evaluated breath carbon monoxide (BCO) testing in identifying maternal smokers as well as the difference between disclosers and non-disclosers of smoking status. We also investigated if other extrinsic...

Genomic and Bioinformatics Approaches for Analysis of Genes Associated with Cancer Risks Following Exposure to Tobacco Smoking

Scientific article

20 March 2018

Cancer is a significant health problem in the Middle East and global population. It is well established that there is a direct link between tobacco smoking and cancer, which will continue to pose a significant threat to human health. The...

The Urgent Need to Change the Current Medical Approach on Tobacco Cessation in Latin America

Scientific article

13 July 2010

Absract Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics of...