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Smoking habits among medical students in Western Saudi Arabia 2011 College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. sirajowali@gmail.com
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Saudi medical journal
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Saudi Med.J.
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Aug
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32
Issue
8
Start Page
843
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848
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LR: 20151119; JID: 7909441; CIN: Saudi Med J. 2012 Mar;33(3):333; author reply 333. PMID: 22426921; ppublish
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Saudi Arabia
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0379-5284; 0379-5284
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PMID: 21858395
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eng
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of tobacco smoking, and understand the attitude, practice, and knowledge among medical students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2009 to May 2010. An anonymous, self-administered, Global Adult Tobacco Survey based questionnaire was completed by the students attending the main Medical College of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Of the 643 students in the study, 90 students (14%) indicated that they smoked tobacco at the time of the study. The prevalence of smoking was 24.8% among males, and 9.1% among females. Smoking was more common in males (p=0.003), but there were more ex-smokers among females (p=0.042). The friends and parents were considered the primary influence for initiating smoking habit, followed by the media. Ninety percent thought that doctors should set a good example by not smoking. Most of the study population indicated that smoking is related to serious illnesses; however, non-smokers were better aware of such illnesses than smokers. Although most thought that smoking tobacco is harmful, approximately 9.5% believe that smoking a water pipe is not. CONCLUSION: Despite the good knowledge on the hazards of tobacco consumption, 24.8% male, and 9.1% female medical students in Jeddah continue to smoke. The policymakers should address the factors contributing to the initiation, continuation, and spread of this devastating habit.
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Wali,S.O.
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Smoking habits and attitudes among university students in Palestine: a cross-sectional study 2012
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East Mediterr Health J
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East.Mediterr.Health J.
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Volume
18
Issue
5
Start Page
454
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60
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ID: 22764431
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en
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Information about the rate of smoking and factors associated with initiating and maintaining the behaviour is scarce in Palestine. The aim of this study was to explore the rate of and attitudes towards smoking among An-Najah National University students. During spring 2010, a questionnaire adopted from the Global Health Professionals Survey and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey was administered to 954 randomly selected full-time students. Overall 34.7% of the study sample were cigarette or waterpipe smokers, and this rate was higher among males than females (52.7% versus 16.5%). In logistic regression analysis, sex (male), type of college (humanities), older age and higher family income were predictors of current smoking status. Smokers had more negative attitudes to banning smoking in public areas on campus and to education about the harmful effects of smoking. Antismoking programmes with special attention to males and students in humanities are badly needed.
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http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-22764431
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MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/
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Musmar,S G.
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Smoking habits and benign prostatic hyperplasia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies 2016 Department of Urology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Medicine
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Medicine (Baltimore)
Pub Date Free Form
Aug
Volume
95
Issue
32
Start Page
e4565
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Notes
JID: 2985248R; ppublish
Place of Publication
United States
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1536-5964; 0025-7974
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PMID: 27512883
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eng
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10.1097/MD.0000000000004565 [doi]
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Previous studies have warned against the promoting effects of cigarette smoking on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In contrast, some have argued that smoking confers a protective effect regarding BPH, while others have observed an aggravated effect. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to determine whether cigarette use is associated with BPH risk.To identify articles from observational studies of relevance, a search was performed concurrent to March 21, 2016, on PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, EBSCO, and EMBASE databases. Random-effect model, according to the heterogeneity, was calculated to reveal the relative risks (RRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).Eight articles were included in this meta-analysis, representing data for 44,100 subjects, of which 5221 (11.8%) had BPH as defined according to the criteria. Seven reports are concerned with analysis between nonsmokers and ex-smokers, in which no significant difference was observed (RR = 0.99, 95% CI 0.94-1.05). Another meta-analysis of 7 studies indicated an observable trend, but without significant difference between groups of nonsmokers and current smokers (RR = 1.17, 95% CI 0.98-1.41). Between groups of heavy (6 articles; RR = 1.02, 95% CI 0.84-1.24) and light smokers (5 articles; RR = 0.90, 95% CI 0.71-1.15), again no significant difference appears. Finally, we combined individuals as never-smokers and ever-smokers and still found no significant difference between the 2 groups of patients (RR = 1.03, 95% CI 0.92-1.15). Sensitivity analysis was displayed and confirmed the stability of the present results.Combined evidence from observational studies shows no significant association between cigarette smoking and BPH risk, either for ex-smokers or for current smokers. The trend of elevated BPH risk from smoking was observed only in current smokers compared with nonsmokers, while marginal significance was observed in comparing ever-smokers with never-smokers in operative patients with BPH.
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Xu,H., Fu,S., Chen,Y., Chen,Q., Gu,M., Wang,Z.
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Smoking habits and risk of fatal stroke: 18 years follow up of the Oslo Study 1996 Life Insurance Companies Institute of Medical Statistics, Oslo, Norway.
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Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J.Epidemiol.Community Health
Pub Date Free Form
Dec
Volume
50
Issue
6
Start Page
621
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624
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LR: 20130918; JID: 7909766; 0 (Blood Glucose); OID: NLM: PMC1060377; ppublish
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ENGLAND
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0143-005X; 0143-005X
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PMID: 9039379
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eng
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of fatal stroke in relation to smoking habits in men screened for the Oslo study. DESIGN: The Oslo study is a prospective, cohort study of the epidemiology and preventive aspects of cardiovascular diseases in middle aged men. Screening started in May 1972 and results after 18 years of follow up are reported. PARTICIPANTS: There were 16209 men aged 40-49 years, of whom 16173 had no stroke history. Eighty five men died from stroke, of whom 48 were daily cigarettes smokers, 7 were pipe and cigar smokers, 15 smoked cigarettes and pipe or cigars daily, 11 were previous cigarette smokers, and 4 had never smoked cigarettes. MAIN RESULTS: Results of proportional hazards regression analysis adjusted for age, diastolic blood pressure, and glucose concentration showed the following rate ratios (RR) (95% confidence interval) of smoking groups compared with those who had never smoked or had previously smoked: combined cigarette and cigar or pipe smokers, RR = 6.1 (3.0, 12.5); cigarettes only, RR = 4.1 (2.3,7.4); and pipe and/or cigars only RR = 2.2 (0.9,5.5). The overall, age adjusted risk of smoking cigarettes daily was 3.5 and was found to increase with increasing cigarette consumption. Regardless of their smoking group, stroke cases had increased diastolic (DBP) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) when compared with men who had not had a stroke. The absolute differences in DBP and SBP between stroke cases and others for never and previous cigarette smokers versus daily smokers were twice as large: DBP, 12.1 mmHg versus 6.5 mmHg respectively and SBP, 16.0 mmHg versus 7.1 mmHg respectively. A high BMI increased the risk of fatal stroke of never and previous cigarette smokers. Men being treated for hypertension at the time of screening had three times the crude risk of fatal stroke of men who were not taking hypertensive treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Daily cigarette smoking increased the risk of fatal stroke three and a half times. Combined cigarette and pipe or cigar smoking had a higher risk than smoking cigarettes only. An increased risk was found in relation to increased daily cigarette consumption.
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Adult, Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Cerebrovascular Disorders/etiology/mortality, Cohort Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Norway/epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Regression Analysis, Smoking/adverse effects, Survival Rate
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Haheim,L. L., Holme,I., Hjermann,I., Leren,P.
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Smoking habits in the Middle East and North Africa: results of the BREATHE study 2012
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Respir Med
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Respir.Med.
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Volume
106 Suppl 2
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S16
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24
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ID: 23290700
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Few recent comparative data exist on smoking habits in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate smoking patterns in a large general population sample of individuals aged = 40 years in ten countries in the region (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates), together with Pakistan, using a standardised methodology. A random sample of 457,258 telephone numbers was generated and called. This identified 65,154 eligible subjects, of whom 62,086 agreed to participate. A screening questionnaire was administered to each participant, which included six questions relating to cigarette consumption and waterpipe use. The age- and gender-adjusted proportion of respondents reporting current or past smoking of cigarettes or waterpipes was 31.2% 95% CI: 30.9-31.6%]. This proportion was significantly higher (p
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0954-6111(12)70011-2
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MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/
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Khattab,Adel, Javaid,Arshad, Iraqi,Ghali, Alzaabi,Ashraf, Ben Kheder, Ali, Koniski,Marie-Louise, Shahrour,Naem, Taright,Samya, Idrees,Magdy, Polatli,Mehmet, Rashid,Nauman, El Hasnaoui, Abdelkader
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Smoking habits of primary health care physicians in Bahrain 1999 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
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The journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Periodical, Abbrev.
J.R.Soc.Promot.Health.
Pub Date Free Form
Mar
Volume
119
Issue
1
Start Page
36
Other Pages
39
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LR: 20151119; JID: 101499616; ppublish
Place of Publication
ENGLAND
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1466-4240; 1466-4240
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PMID: 10327813
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eng
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A survey of the smoking habits of all primary health care physicians in Bahrain was carried out to determine their smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking. Sixty-four male doctors and fifty-eight female doctors returned a voluntary self-completed questionnaire resulting in an 80.8% response rate. Male physicians were older than their female counterparts and had a higher proportion of ever-smokers (45.3%), smokers (26.6%), ex-smokers (18.8%) and daily smokers (18.8%). Cigarette smoking was the predominant type of smoking. The ratio of daily smoking prevalence (doctors/general population) among Bahraini citizens was 0.83 for males, 0.45 for females and 0.65 for both sexes combined. Of the smokers, 80% have considered quitting and 83.3% of them had made a serious attempt to quit. All the never-smokers perceived themselves as non-smokers in the coming five years compared to 83.3% of the ever-smokers. Among the perceived reasons for not smoking, primary health care physicians gave the highest importance to protecting their own health and setting a good example to children. Never-smokers gave more importance than ever-smokers to all the reasons for not smoking except for the occurrence of certain symptoms.
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Adult, Age Factors, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Health, Bahrain, Ethnic Groups, Female, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physician's Role, Physicians, Family, Prevalence, Sex Factors, Smoking/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Hamadeh,R. R.
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Smoking habits, attitudes and smoking cessation among sixth-year medical students of Kaunas University of Medicine 2005 Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania. aurel@centras.lt
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Periodical, Abbrev.
Medicina (Kaunas)
Pub Date Free Form
Volume
41
Issue
7
Start Page
607
Other Pages
613
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LR: 20151119; JID: 9425208; ppublish
Place of Publication
Lithuania
ISSN/ISBN
1648-9144; 1010-660X
Accession Number
PMID: 16062029
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lit
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0507-09 [pii]
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16062029
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The aim of the study was to assess trends of smoking and the relation between smoking behavior of undergraduate medical students and their attitudes towards smoking and treatment of tobacco dependence. METHODS: Data were collected from sixth-year medical students of Kaunas University of Medicine during ten consecutive years. A total of 1518 students completed the anonymous questionnaire; response rate was 83.5%. RESULTS: The daily smoking rate was 19.4% in males and 4.2% in females; 15.9% and 10.4% respectively were irregular smokers, never smoked 41.6% of males and 64% of females. 70% of smokers and 83% of nonsmokers agreed that tobacco smoking is one of the greatest health hazards of modern times; 97.1% of all students considered passive smoking as harmful. More nonsmokers (70%) than smokers (5l%) were aware of addictive nature of tobacco, but there was a little difference in their opinion about support to smokers for quitting: 83.2% of smokers and 87.1% of nonsmokers stated that medical doctors should help smokers to give up smoking and 68% of them thought that doctors had not enough knowledge how to help. Less smokers (55%) than nonsmokers (87%) believed that smoking should be banned in hospitals. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of smoking was significantly lower among medical students than in general population. There were no significant changes in smoking prevalence among male medical students during the period of 1995-2004. At the same time smoking prevalence among female medical students increased more than twice. Attitudes of smokers and nonsmokers were significantly different on most items of tobacco, but knowledge of tobacco problem in the undergraduate students was not sufficient. Teaching about tobacco and related issues remains essential in the undergraduate medical course.
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Attitude to Health, Chi-Square Distribution, Female, Health Education, Humans, Lithuania/epidemiology, Male, Prevalence, Sex Factors, Smoking/epidemiology/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation, Students, Medical, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Veryga,A., Stanikas,T.
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Kauno medicinos universiteto Medicinos fakulteto studentu rukymo iprociai ir poziuris i rukymo kontrole
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Smoking habits, awareness of risks, and attitude towards tobacco control policies among medical students in Lagos, Nigeria 2015 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Annals of African medicine
Periodical, Abbrev.
Ann.Afr.Med.
Pub Date Free Form
Jan-Mar
Volume
14
Issue
1
Start Page
1
Other Pages
7
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LR: 20151119; JID: 101231417; ppublish
Place of Publication
India
ISSN/ISBN
0975-5764; 0975-5764
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PMID: 25567689
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eng
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10.4103/1596-3519.148701 [doi]
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of cigarette smoking among medical students, and to determine their level of knowledge regarding risk associated with cigarette smoking and their attitude and behavior towards tobacco control strategies and policies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A stratified random sampling approach was used to select participants. A modified version of the the Global Health Professional Students Survey questionnaire was self-administered. Descriptive statistics were applied and comparisons were done using chi-square test. Multivariate logistic regression was used to obtain the significant determinants of smoking. A P 21, having a smoking father, and use of alcohol were significantly associated with ever smoking. Knowledge of smoking as a risk for emphysema was 72.8%, coronary artery disease 82.8%, stroke 68.8%, and low birth weight 76.4%. There were 103 (41.2%) students aware of antidepressant usage in smoking cessation. One hundred and ninety-five (78%) offered smoking cessation advice if a smoker had no smoking-related disease and did not seek their opinion about smoking, 68.8% affirmed to having adequate knowledge on smoking cessation, and 56.8% had received formal training on smoking cessation techniques. The ban on cigarette smoking in enclosed public places was supported by 92.4%. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of current cigarette smoking among medical students in Lagos is relatively low. Gaps exist in the level of knowledge of the students regarding risks of cigarette smoking, tobacco cessation strategies, and in their attitude and behavior towards offering tobacco cessation advice. There is need therefore to include formal training on tobacco control strategies at an early stage in the medical curriculum.
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Dania,M.G., Ozoh,O.B., Bandele,E.O.
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Smoking in car: monitoring pollution of particulate matter, of organic volatile compounds and of carbon monoxide. The effect of opening the driver's window 2010 Laboratorio per ricerca sull'inquinamento da fumo passivo, Istituto nazionale dei tumori/SIMG-Societa italiana di medicina generale, Milano. ginverni@clavis.it
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Epidemiologia e prevenzione
Periodical, Abbrev.
Epidemiol.Prev.
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Jan-Apr
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34
Issue
2-Jan
Start Page
35
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42
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LR: 20131121; JID: 8902507; 0 (Particulate Matter); 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); 0 (Volatile Organic Compounds); 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide); ppublish
Place of Publication
Italy
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1120-9763; 1120-9763
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PMID: 20595734
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ita
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183 [pii]
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OBJECTIVE: to identify the most suitable marker for monitoring ETS inside a moving car, and to verify the efficacy of window opening to reduce ETS pollution inside the car. DESIGN: experimental pilot study. SSETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: monitoring of ETS markers in a moving car. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: we used real time analyzers to measure: n particulate matter as mass (mug/m3, PM1, PM2.5, PM10); n suspended particle number (total number of particles sized >0.3 e >0.4 mum; n the number of particles with aerodynamic size between 0.3-0.4 mum in diameter; n total volatile organic compounds (TVOC); n carbon monoxide (CO). The recordings were carried out inside a car moving on the road at the speed of 50 km/h, with controlled conditions of temperature and relative humidity. RESULTS: after lighting a cigarette, with driver's window closed, the levels of all the pollutants increased dramatically, with peaks of 700 mug/m3 for PM2.5 and PM10, and of over 600,000 particles/ liter, while TVOC reached values up to 6,000 mug/m3 and CO up to 6 ppm. When a cigarette was lit with the window 1/4 open, excess pollution was promptly recorded, although with less intensity. With the window completely open, PM, TVOC and CO concentrations were hardly measurable as compared to background levels. On the contrary, particle number increased dramatically up to over 300,000/liter, mostly due to the submicrometric particle fraction in the range 0.3-0.4 mum. CONCLUSION: smoking just a cigarette inside a car represents an extremely high exposure to ETS. Partially opening the window is useless to prevent the accumulation of pollutants. Complete window opening is helpful to remove coarse PM and volatile pollutants, but is ineffective against submicrometer particles. Measuring particle number seems to be the best way to assess ETS pollution inside a car.
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Air Movements, Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis, Automobile Driving, Automobiles, Carbon Monoxide/analysis, Environmental Monitoring/methods, Humans, Italy, Particulate Matter/analysis, Pilot Projects, Smoking, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects/analysis, Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis, World Health Organization
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Invernizzi,G., Ruprecht,A. A., Mazza,R., De Marco,C., Tagliapietra,L., Michieletto,F., Allegri,F., Sbrogio,L., Boffi,R.
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Fumare in macchina: l'inquinamento da polveri, da composti organici volatili e da monossido di carbonio. L'effetto dell'apertura del finestrino
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Smoking in Colombian medical schools: the hidden curriculum 2001 Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Universidad Javeriana Medical School, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Bogota, Colombia. diego_rosselli@post.harvard.edu
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Preventive medicine
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Prev.Med.
Pub Date Free Form
Sep
Volume
33
Issue
3
Start Page
170
Other Pages
174
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LR: 20061115; CI: Copyright 2001; JID: 0322116; ppublish
Place of Publication
United States
ISSN/ISBN
0091-7435; 0091-7435
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PMID: 11522157
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eng
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10.1006/pmed.2001.0864 [doi]
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BACKGROUND: Tobacco companies are focusing their interest in less developed countries. In the absence of governmental opposition, physicians are expected to lead tobacco control efforts. We studied Colombian medical students' smoking prevalence and tobacco attitudes. METHODS: First- and fifth-year students from 11 medical schools in seven Colombian cities answered anonymous, self-administered, 38-item questionnaires. Additionally, smokers answered the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). RESULTS: Two thousand twenty-one students (males 50.6%; age 15-44, median 19) completed the survey; average response rate was 89.9%. Globally 25.9% of students were current smokers (males 27.9%, females 24.0%). Living at higher altitude and attending private universities were associated with higher prevalence (P < 0.001). Males had a higher chance of having given up smoking (P < 0.05); 91.3% of current smokers would like to quit; 67.3% of all smokers and 44.8% of daily smokers scored 0 in the FTND. Prevalence was similar among first- and fifth-years, but fifth-year students were more complacent with smoking in health centers and showed a lesser desire to quit. CONCLUSIONS: Medical students' smoking prevalence is similar to that of the general population. Tobacco control strategies need to be included in the curriculum. Nicotine addiction does not seem to be the main perpetuating factor.
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Adolescent, Adult, Colombia/epidemiology, Education, Medical, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Smoking/epidemiology/prevention & control, Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data, Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology/prevention & control
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American Health Foundation and Academic Press
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Rosselli,D., Rey,O., Calderon,C., Rodriguez,M. N.
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