Smoking is a major public health issue worldwide. The prevalence of smoking among healthcare workers is particularly concerning as they serve as role models for their patients and play a crucial role in combating the tobacco epidemic. Our survey analyzes the smoking habits, second-hand smoke ...
Abstract Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is widely recognized by the medical community and the general public as a major public health problem. Physicians and medical organizations share a public health duty to address this problem. Physicians and their professional organizations must contribu...
As a leading behavioral risk factor for numerous health outcomes, smoking is a major ongoing public health challenge. Although evidence on the health effects of smoking has been widely reported, few attempts have evaluated the dose–response relationship between smoking and a diverse range of health ...
Smoking is a major public health problem throughout the world. It constitutes the single leading cause of preventable death and disease [1] and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 5.4 million die every year from tobacco [2]. Among European countries, Greece ranks first in cigar...
"While this is true for some diseases, such as cancer, other health risks such as heart attacks, lung disease and pregnancy complications respond quickly to changes in smoking behavior. So reducing the prevalence of smoking would be an excellent short-term investment in the physical ...
the literature is lacking in program, practice, and theory development as well as in the planning, execution, and evaluation of programs targeting cigar smoking cessation. A clear need exists to promote early prevention of cigar smoking, and to incorporate cigar smoking cessation into other tobacco...
33 Individuals with known CAD (defined as a prior MI or revascularization) were excluded from this analysis. Study approval for the Partners YOUNG-MI registry was granted by the Institutional Review Board at Partners HealthCare along with a waiver of informed consent because of the retrospective ...
According to the WHO,million people died from smoking and 600 thousand from secondhand smoke every year. So smoking is banned in China in all public places both inside and outside from May 1 on. As is known to all, smoking is bad for people's health. It may cause many diseases such ...
(and other diseases such as bronchial asthma, arteriosclerosis and chronic cough and so on). Thus, smoking is definitely a health hazard. However, a large number of people are addicted to it. Besides, many people are getting into this bad habit constantly. Many people have appealed to the ...
Studies focused on clinical outcomes in a dependent child or a new-born baby after their mother had given up smoking. These were excluded as the focus of our study was on how the financial incentive influenced the person attempting to give up smoking not the health outcomes of the people aro...