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Tobacco advertising in Points-of-Sale around urban schools in Romania

Authors: Vlad Dediu, Lambros Lazuras and Constantine Vardavas

E- Cigarette acute effect on symptoms and airway inflammation: comparison of nicotine with a non-nicotine cigarette

Authors: Sophia Vakali, Stamatoula Tsikrika, Sophia Antiopi Gennimata, Georgios Kaltsakas, Anastasios Palamidas, Nikolaos Koulouris and Christina Gratziou

Quality of life among Greek smokers and nonsmokers. A study in local community workers in Athens suburbia

Authors: Ioannis Roxanis, Sotiria Makaroni, Maria Ginieri-Coccossis, Aggeliki Triantafyllou and Maria Typaldou

Combined effect of cigarette smoking and non-ferrous metal exposure in the development of cardiovascular disease in industry workers: a case-control study

Authors: Eniko Viragh, Karoly Viragh and Claudia Munteanu

Fight against tobacco in Japan, before and after FCTC

Authors: Kazunari Satomura

Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge and practices towards patients’ tobacco-related habits in mental health hospitals in Greece

Authors: Evmorfia Koukia and Theodore Stathopoulos

Treatment of tobacco addiction using the Feeling-State Addiction Protocol (FSAP) of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment

Authors: Aikaterini Tsoutsa, Dimos Fotopoulos, Spyridon Zakynthinos and Paraskevi Katsaounou

Smoking cessation changes basic metabolism, body weight, leptin and insulin levels, adipose tissue percentage, index of insulin resistance and index of insulin secretion

Authors: Ioanna Nikoloutsou, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Eleni Litsiou, Stavroula Kolokytha, Aikaterini Tsoutsa, Spyros Zakynthinos and Paraskevi Katsaounou

Economic crisis and smoking in health professionals in Greece

Authors: Eleni Litsiou, Aikaterini Tsoutsa, Vasiliki Saltagianni, Dimos Fotopoulos, Stavroula Kolokytha, Spyridon Zakynthinos and Paraskevi Katsaounou

Analysis of acceptance of the smoking ban in Greece

Authors: Efthimios Zervas, Nikolaos Papantonis, Eleni Ischaki, Eleni Litsiou and Paraskevi Katsaounou

Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects in offspring: a systematic review

Authors: Aspasia Tzani and Konstantinos P Economopoulos

From the classroom to Facebook: a modern approach for smoking education in adolescents

Authors: Antonis A Kousoulis, Stylianos P Kympouropoulos, Dimitra K Pouli, Konstantinos P Economopoulos and Constantine I Vardavas

Smoking cessation prior to elective plastic surgery: why, when and how?

Authors: Vasileios Theocharidis and Konstantinos P Economopoulos

5-year trends in the intention to quit smoking amidst the economic crisis and after recently implemented tobacco control measures in Greece

Authors: Sotiria Schoretsaniti, Filippos T Filippidis, Constantine I Vardavas, Christine Dimitrakaki, Panagiotis Behrakis, Gregory N Connolly and Yannis Tountas

Prevalence and determinants of SHS exposure in public and private areas after the 2010 smoke-free legislation in Greece

Authors: Sotiria Schoretsaniti, Filippos T Filippidis, Constantine I Vardavas, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Panagiotis Behrakis, Gregory N Connolly and Yannis Tountas

Nicotinic augmentation of anti-inflammatory GSK3b signaling

Authors: David A Scott, Richard J Lamont, Akhilesh Kumar and Huizhi Wang

Smoking alters the antigenicity and infectivity of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Authors: Iris Zeller, Justin A Hutcherson, Richard J Lamont, Donald R Demuth, Pinar Gumus, Nejat Nizam, Nurcan Buduneli and David A Scott

Randomized controlled trial of the Tobacco Tactics website versus 1-800-QUIT-NOW telephone line among Operating Engineers

Authors: Seung Hee Choi, Andrea H Waltje, David L Ronis, Devon Noonan, Oisaeng Hong, Caroline Richardson, John D Meeker and Sonia A Duffy

Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics program in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Authors: Sonia A Duffy, David Ronis, Carrie A Karvonen-Gutierrez, Lee A Ewing, Gregory W Dalack, Patricia M Smith, Timothy P Carmody, Thomas Hicks, Christopher Hermann, Pamela Reeves and Petra Flanagan

Periodontal disease of secondhand smoking patients

Authors: Arzu Beklen, Deniz Uckan and Gulten Tsaous Memet

Exploring the development of asthma in children with parental and in utero exposure to smoking

Authors: Eleni Xanthopoulou and Antonis A Kousoulis

Exhaled carbon monoxide as a marker of lung aging in smokers presenting with mild air flow limitation

Authors: Marios Kougias, Maria Takousi, Aristea Baschali, Christina Goga, Nikolaos Tatsis, Stavroula Boulia, Evangelos Balis and George Tatsis

Screening for lung cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography: a systematic review of the evidence

Authors: Sotiria-Maria E Iliopoulou and Antonis A Kousoulis

Effects of a natural polyphenol on nicotine -induced pancreatic cancer cell proliferation

Authors: Parimal Chowdhury and John JayRoe

Screening for urinary bladder cancer with the use of nuclear matrix protein (NMP) 22: is it feasible?

Authors: Anastasios Stefanopoulos and Konstantinos P Economopoulos

Comparing smoking habits and tobacco-related education between Canadian and Greek medical students

Authors: Georgios-Marios Pantsidis, Dimitra-Iosifina Papageorgiou and Demosthenes Bouros

Epidemiology of smoking among the employees of a medical university and strategies to decrease prevalence

Authors: Karoly Viragh and Eniko Viragh

Education for a tobacco free world: the 11^th meeting of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID)

Authors: Constantine Vardavas, Charis Girvalaki, Christina Gratsiou and Panagiotis Behrakis

Effectiveness of proactive and reactive services at the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline in a randomized trial

The Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ), which has both a proactive and a reactive service, has successfully provided tobacco cessation support since 1998. As there is a demand for an increase in national...

Authors: Eva Nohlert, John Öhrvik and Ásgeir R Helgason

The association between senior student tobacco use rate at school and alternative tobacco product use among junior students in Canadian secondary schools

The use of alternative tobacco products (ATPs) has grown in popularity among Canadian youth. This study examined the association between a school-level characteristic (the senior student tobacco use rate) and ...

Authors: Adam G Cole and Scott T Leatherdale

Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on waterpipe (narghile, shisha, hookah) tobacco smoking during the period 2003-2012

Waterpipe tobacco smoking has spread worldwide. However, the evaluation of scientific output in the field of waterpipe tobacco smoking has not been studied yet. The main objectives of this study were to analyz...

Authors: Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi and Waleed M Sweileh

Awareness and attitude to the law banning smoking in public places in Osun State, Nigeria

This study determined the awareness and attitude towards the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places law.

Authors: Samuel Anu Olowookere, Ebenezer Gbenga Adepoju and Olalere Omoyosola Gbolahan

Normative influences on intentions to smoke among Greek adolescents: the moderating role of smoking status

Social norms influence adolescent smoking intentions, but this effect may differentiate depending on current smoking experiences. The presented study assessed the moderation effects of smoking status on the re...

Authors: Lambros Lazuras

Reported municipal costs from outdoor smoke-free by-laws-experience from Ontario, Canada

In 2006, enclosed public and workplaces in Ontario were made smoke-free by the Smoke-free Ontario Act (SFOA). Numerous area municipalities across the province have since developed local by-laws that are more r...

Authors: Ryan David Kennedy, Dana Zummach, Stephanie Filsinger and Scott T Leatherdale

Surveillance of tobacco retail density in Beirut, Lebanon using electronic tablet technology

Lebanon has alarmingly high rates of tobacco use. The objective of this study is to examine the density of tobacco retail outlets and distance to schools as well as to survey retail pricing in a large district...

Authors: Ramzi G Salloum, Rima T Nakkash, Allison E Myers, Jan M Eberth and Kathryn A Wood

Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ views on a specialist smoking cessation service delivered in a United Kingdom hospital: a qualitative study

Hospital admission provides a powerful opportunity to promote smoking cessation. We explored patients’ and healthcare professionals’ (HCP) views of a specialist smoking cessation service comprising systematic ...

Authors: Manpreet Bains, John Britton, John Marsh, Leah Jayes and Rachael L Murray

Factors determining intention to quit tobacco: exploring patient responses visiting public health facilities in India

Intention to quit and setting a quit date are key steps in the process towards improving quit rates and are thus an integral part of tobacco cessation efforts. The present study examined various motivating fac...

Authors: Rajmohan Panda, Sudhir Venkatesan, Divya Persai, Mayur Trivedi and Manu Raj Mathur

Impact of reduced ignition propensity cigarette regulation on consumer smoking behavior and quit intentions: evidence from 6 waves (2004–11) of the ITC Four Country Survey

Although on the decline, smoking-related fires remain a leading cause of fire death in the United States and United Kingdom and account for over 10% of fire-related deaths worldwide. This has prompted lawmaker...

Authors: Sarah E Adkison, Richard J O’Connor, Ron Borland, Hua-Hie Yong, K Michael Cummings, David Hammond and Geoffrey T Fong

Caspase 3 activity in isolated fetal rat lung fibroblasts and rat periodontal ligament fibroblasts: cigarette smoke induced alterations

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and has been implicated in pathogenesis of pulmonary, oral and systemic diseases. Smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor for the developing fetus ...

Authors: Asra Ahmed, James A Thliveris, Anthony Shaw, Michael Sowa, James Gilchrist and James E Scott

Prevalence of tobacco smoking among school teachers in Botswana

Tobacco is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nearly 80% of all smokers live in low to middle income countries. Previous research has suggested that smoking rates vary by occupation, with relatively low r...

Authors: Patience N Erick and Derek R Smith

Country tobacco laws and article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a review of tobacco packaging and labeling regulations of 25 countries

Urgent, evidence-based tobacco control efforts have been advocated by the WHO through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) articles and guidelines. The level of implementation of these guidelines...

Authors: Ayodeji J Awopegba and Joanna E Cohen

Tobacco use among Australian dental hygiene students is declining, but more still needs to be done

While health care professionals have a responsibility to prevent and control the use of tobacco for improved health outcomes, it appears that some dental hygiene students continue to smoke. A survey of Austral...

Authors: Melanie J Hayes and Derek R Smith

Sharp changes in tobacco products affordability and the dynamics of smoking prevalence in various social and income groups in Ukraine in 2008–2012

To curb the tobacco epidemic, successful implementation of tobacco control measures should take into account how specific demographic groups react to particular policies. In 2005–2010, Ukraine experienced a sh...

Authors: Konstantin Krasovsky

Stronger pack warnings predict quitting more than weaker ones: finding from the ITC Malaysia and Thailand surveys

We examined the impact of cigarette pack warning labels on interest in quitting and subsequent quit attempts among adult smokers in Malaysia and Thailand.

Authors: Ahmed I Fathelrahman, Lin Li, Ron Borland, Hua-Hie Yong, Maizurah Omar, Rahmat Awang, Buppha Sirirassamee, Geoffrey T Fong and David Hammond

An exploratory analysis of the impact of a university campus smoking ban on staff and student smoking habits in Japan

Smoking bans in public places have been shown to have an impact on smoking habits, however the potential influence of a university smoking ban on faculty and staff smoking habits remains elusive.

Authors: Hiroki Ohmi, Toshiyuki Okizaki, Martin Meadows, Kazuyuki Terayama and Yoshikatsu Mochizuki

Menthol-enhanced cytotoxicity of cigarette smoke demonstrated in two bioassay models

Cigarette smoke is harmful to human health at both cellular and genetic levels. Recently, a unique bioassay for smoke cytotoxicity using air pollution-sensitive plant cells (tobacco) has been proposed.

Authors: Atsuko Noriyasu, Tadashi Konishi, Shinichi Mochizuki, Kazuo Sakurai, Yutaka Tanaike, Ken Matsuyama, Kazuya Uezu and Tomonori Kawano

Older smokers could be the strongest supporters for U.S. government regulation of tobacco: a focus group study

Targeting of marginalized groups with aggressive tobacco marketing has been identified as exacerbating health disparities. However, interpretation of such targeting by groups varies, from surprise and outrage ...

Authors: Valerie B Yerger, Janine K Cataldo and Ruth E Malone

Perceptions about the harm of secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. middle and high school students: findings from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey

Increased knowledge of the harmful effects of SHS is an evidence-based key indicator for eliminating nonsmokers’ exposure to SHS. This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of perceptions about the harm...

Authors: Brian A King, Shanta R Dube and Stephen D Babb

Association of smoked and smokeless tobacco use with migraine: a hospital-based case–control study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Several studies in the past have reported inconclusive evidences on association of smoking and migraine. Nevertheless, no study so far reported association of smokeless tobacco with migraine. The objective of ...

Authors: Mohammad Abul Bashar Sarker, Mahbubur Rahman, Md Harun-Or-Rashid, Shaila Hossain, Hideki Kasuya, Junichi Sakamoto and Nobuyuki Hamajima

Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among Iraqi adolescents: Iraq GYTS 2012

The use of any form of tobacco by 13–15 year old individuals is 10% globally as identified through the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). This study aimed at assessing the prevalence and determinants of tobac...

Authors: Hamid Y Hussain and Bushra A Abdul Satar