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From:Chest (Vol. 113, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedEveryone knows that breast cancer is a women's issue, but there is very little public awareness that lung cancer is very much a women's issue as well. Ever since women in the United States have "come it long...
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From:Tobacco Control (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: To describe the prevalence of tobacco smoking in an urban East African population while using a simple validation procedure to examine the degree of under reporting in men and women. Design: A cross...
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From:Southern Medical Journal (Vol. 95, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Background. The prevalence of smoking in the general US population has declined significantly over the past few decades. Despite this, few studies have examined changes in cigarette attributes perceived by...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 33, Issue 131) Peer-ReviewedDespite public warnings of the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, as well as advertising bans and educational programs in schools, the percentage of young females who smoke is on the rise. This study...
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From:Tobacco Control (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Objective--To assess level of endorsement and expected consequences of worksite smoking restriction policies among correctional employees. Design--Mailed survey to Vermont state correctional employees....
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From:Annals of Family Medicine (Vol. 21, Issue S1) Peer-ReviewedContext Studies of the lived experience of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) reveal a number of challenges patients face when interacting with healthcare providers that may be exacerbated by unwillingness or...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 30, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSmoking during pregnancy and exposure of children to passive smoke are factors that are associated with both long- and short-term health problems. Smoking during pregnancy can contribute to the development of...
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From:New Coin Poetry (Vol. 52, Issue 2)when i saw her hands unfurrow her brow hold her cup to warm worn fingers fold the paper's edge over and over edge to blade sharp paper edge smooth along the table turn it over folding again and fold again and in between...
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From:Human Biology (Vol. 66, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCigarette smoking has been associated with many adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, debate continues about the extent to which these associations are causal or noncausal. In this review I provide a brief history of the...
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From:Tobacco Control (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjective: To investigate differences in different aspects of social participation and social capital among baseline daily smokers that had remained daily smokers, become intermittent smokers, or stopped smoking at one...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 90, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe 1-day food intakes of 1,338 women, aged 19 to 50, who were respondents in the 1985 Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals, were studied. The energy, nutrient, and food intake patterns of smokers, those who...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 112, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed"Seventy-five percent of lifetime smokers start by age 17. More than 90% of smokers who wait until after the ripe old age of 21 to start smoking quickly drop the habit completely." Parker-Pope T. Cigarettes. New...
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From:The Social Science Journal (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMedical researchers and public health experts contend that smoking by pregnant women leads to health risks for their offspring as well as themselves. Social science researchers have produced a number of useful studies...
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From:The Literary Review (Vol. 55, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIt goes against our deepest instincts, the Buddha who, eyes dose& breathes the tar of another's suffering, then releases the body's reservoir of light, taking on a pain that is, by nature, a thing we cannot take, we...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 307, Issue 6901) Peer-ReviewedFor about three decades countries such as Australia, Great Britain, and the United States have been turning up the heat on tobacco advertising. Encouraging, sometimes dramatic falls in consumption have followed. On any...
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From:Evidence-Based Nursing (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedQUESTION: How do women describe their experiences of smoking relapse after the birth of a child? Design Narrative analysis. Setting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Participants 27 women (age range...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 29, Issue 113) Peer-ReviewedThis study examined the role of cigarette smoking in the lives of low-income, pregnant adolescents. Based on in-depth interviews, subjects' beliefs and attitudes toward smoking are described. The findings indicate that...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 309, Issue 6959) Peer-ReviewedA 40-year study appears to indicate that lifelong smokers have a two-to-three times greater risk of dying than those who never smoked. In 1951 questionnaires were sent to all doctors in Britain asking about their smoking...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 315, Issue 7114) Peer-ReviewedAlthough smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for acute myocardial infarction, it has also been associated with an up to twofold lower risk of dying in hospital after an acute myocardial infarction.[1 2] We...
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From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 103, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDear Editor: Cigarette smokers' beliefs about recovery may have an impact on whether they attempt to quit. (1,2) It is important for those trying to encourage smokers to quit to recognize how beliefs about recovery...