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Problems of release of solid asphalt particles into drinking water	2001	FiedorovÃ¡, M., Okresni Hygienicka Stanice, 734 01 Karvina, Czech Republic	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Hygiena Periodical, Abbrev. Hygiena Pub Date Free Form 2001/ Volume 46 Issue 1 Start Page 33 Other Pages 36 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1210-7840 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The authors draw attention to the release of parts of anti-corrosive linings of water pipes with an asphalt base into drinking water. Fragments in the water pipe system are gradually crushed and the smallest particles penetrate as far as the consumer. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons are extracted. On an actual example the authors describe in detail the procedure used by the district hygiene officer in solving this problem. Descriptors asphalt, drinking water, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, article, corrosion, hygiene, particulate matter, pipeline, problem solving, water quality Links Book Title Problematika uvolÅˆovÃ¡nÃ pevnÃ½ch ÄÃ¡stic asfaltovÃ© povahy do pitnÃ© vody Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors FiedorovÃ¡,M., AndÄ›l,K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Profile of e-cigarette use and its relationship with cigarette quit attempts and abstinence in Kansas adults	2014	Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Health Promotion, KS, Topeka, United States. Electronic address: tchristensen@kdheks.gov.; Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Health Promotion, KS, Topeka, United States.; Kansas D	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Preventive medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Prev.Med. Pub Date Free Form Dec Volume 69 Issue Start Page 90 Other Pages 94 Notes CI: Copyright (c) 2014; JID: 0322116; OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/05/23 [received]; 2014/09/02 [revised]; 2014/09/08 [accepted]; 2014/09/16 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1096-0260; 0091-7435 Accession Number PMID: 25230365 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.005 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25230365 Abstract OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to describe electronic cigarette use in Kansas adults and its relationship with cigarette cessation. METHODS: The Kansas Adult Tobacco Survey (ATS) is a 2012-2013 phone survey of non-institutionalized Kansas adults (N=9656). The ATS was analyzed to create a profile of cigarette and e-cigarette users, and demonstrate associations between e-cigarette use and cigarette cessation attempts and cigarette abstinence. RESULTS: In 2013, 45% of adult cigarette smokers had tried e-cigarettes and 14% had used e-cigarettes in the past month. The prevalence of current cigarette smoking was 76.5% among past-month e-cigarette users. Adults who only use e-cigarettes are younger and more affluent than adults who only smoke cigarettes. The prevalence of past-month e-cigarette use among smokers who made a quit attempt in the past year is more than double that of smokers who did not. E-cigarette use was negatively associated with past-month (aPOR=0.21, 95% CI: 0.11-0.38) and past-year cigarette abstinence (aPOR=0.14, 95% CI: 0.10-0.22). CONCLUSIONS: E-cigarette use is common among cigarette smokers. E-cigarette use is more common among smokers who made a recent quit attempt and many smokers report using smokeless tobacco or e-cigarettes to help quit. Recent cigarette abstinence, however, is negatively associated with e-cigarette use. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Elsevier Inc Data Source Authors Christensen,T., Welsh,E., Faseru,B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20140916 PMCID Editors
Prognostic and predictive biomarkers in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors	2013	Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. rstevenson@tuftsmedicalcenter.org	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full JOP : Journal of the pancreas Periodical, Abbrev. JOP Pub Date Free Form 10-Mar Volume 14 Issue 2 Start Page 155 Other Pages 157 Notes LR: 20151119; JID: 101091810; 0 (Antineoplastic Agents); 0 (Biomarkers, Pharmacological); 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor); 9HW64Q8G6G (Everolimus); EC 3.1.3.16 (PHLPP2 protein, human); EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases); W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus); 2013/02/12 [r Place of Publication Italy ISSN/ISBN 1590-8577; 1590-8577 Accession Number PMID: 23474561 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Review; IM DOI 10.6092/1590-8577/1472 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 23474561 Abstract Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are a diverse group of tumors that derive from epithelial cells with neuroendocrine differentiation. Gastroenteropancreatic NETs are a subset of NET that arise from the gastrointestinal tract. The natural history and prognosis varies widely between different gastroenteropancreatic NETs, highlighting the importance of identifying accurate prognostic and predictive biomarkers. At the 2013 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, De Braud et al. (Abstract #186) and Bellister et al. (Abstract #163) present data on two new possible biomarkers. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Stevenson,R., Libutti,S.K., Saif,M.W. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20130310 PMCID Editors
Progression of coronary artery disease during long-term follow-up of the Swiss Interventional Study on Silent Ischemia Type II (SWISSI II)	2010	Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and Spital Netz Bern Ziegler, and University of Bern, Switzerland.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Clinical cardiology Periodical, Abbrev. Clin.Cardiol. Pub Date Free Form May Volume 33 Issue 5 Start Page 289 Other Pages 295 Notes LR: 20101118; CI: Copyright 2010; ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00387231; JID: 7903272; 0 (Antihypertensive Agents); 0 (Cardiovascular Agents); 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents); 0 (Hypolipidemic Agents); ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1932-8737; 0160-9289 Accession Number PMID: 20513067 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1002/clc.20775 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 20513067 Abstract BACKGROUND: This study evaluates cardiovascular risk factors associated with progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with silent ischemia following myocardial infarction. HYPOTHESIS: Coronary artery disease only progresses slowly with comprehensive risk factor intervention. METHODS: A total of 104 of 201 patients (51.7%) of the Swiss Interventional Study on Silent Ischemia Type II (SWISSI II) with baseline and follow-up coronary angiography were included. All patients received comprehensive cardiovascular risk factor intervention according to study protocol. Logistic regression was used to evaluate associations between baseline cardiovascular risk factors and CAD progression. RESULTS: The mean duration of follow-up was 10.3+/-2.4 years. At baseline, 77.9% of patients were smokers, 45.2% had hypertension, 73.1% had dyslipidemia, 7.7% had diabetes, and 48.1% had a family history of CAD. At last follow-up, only 27 patients of the initial 81 smokers still smoked, only 2.1% of the patients had uncontrolled hypertension, 10.6% of the patients had uncontrolled dyslipidemia, and 2.1% of the patients had uncontrolled diabetes. Coronary artery disease progression was found in up to 81 (77.9%) patients. Baseline diabetes and younger age were associated with increased odds of CAD progression. The time interval between baseline and follow-up angiography was also associated with CAD progression. CONCLUSION: Coronary artery disease progression was highly prevalent in these patients despite comprehensive risk factor intervention. Further research is needed to optimize treatment of known risk factors and to identify other unknown and potentially modifiable risk factors. Descriptors Adult, Aged, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use, Cardiovascular Agents/therapeutic use, Chi-Square Distribution, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Stenosis/etiology/radiography/therapy, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use, Hypolipidemic Agents/therapeutic use, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction/etiology/radiography/therapy, Myocardial Ischemia/etiology/radiography/therapy, Odds Ratio, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Smoking Cessation, Switzerland, Time Factors Links Book Title Database Publisher Wiley Periodicals, Inc Data Source Authors Schoenenberger,A. W., Jamshidi,P., Kobza,R., Zuber,M., Stuck,A. E., Pfisterer,M., Erne,P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Progression of Poly-tobacco Product Use Patterns in Adolescents	2016		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes ID: 27211895 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language ENG SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Diverse patterns of adolescent use and poly-use of tobacco products other than conventional cigarettes are emerging. Data characterizing common patterns of youth tobacco product use and typical transitions among patterns may inform tobacco control policy and prevention. This study identified common patterns of use and poly-use of five popular tobacco products (i.e., conventional cigarettes, electronic e-]cigarettes, hookah, blunts, and cigars) and progression among patterns across time among ninth-graders using latent transition analysis (analyses conducted in 2015). METHODS: Data were from a longitudinal cohort study of ninth-grade students enrolled in ten public high schools in California (N=3,304; 46.6% male; 48.3% Hispanic; mean age, 14.58 SD=0.40] years), involving a baseline (2013) and 6-month follow-up (2014). Past 6-month any use of the five tobacco products was assessed. RESULTS: Poly-use (two or more products) constituted 42% and 50% of tobacco-using teens at baseline and follow-up, respectively. Three common patterns were identified, which reflected successfully greater degrees of low, intermediate, and high diversity of tobacco product use: non-users (baseline prevalence, 0.75; follow-up prevalence, 0.64); e-cigarette/hookah users only (prevalence, 0.21, 0.27); and poly-tobacco product users of all five products (prevalence, 0.04, 0.09). Most typical transitions involved progressing to the next more diverse pattern (non-userÃ¢Â†Â’e-cigarette/hookah user probability=0.13] and e-cigarette/hookah userÃ¢Â†Â’poly-tobacco product user probability=0.19]). Transition from one of the user patterns to non-user status was rare (probability=0.08). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent poly-tobacco use is common. E-cigarette and hookah use may reflect an intermediate pattern of tobacco product use progression along a continuum of poly-product use diversity. Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.04.004 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Huh,Jimi, Leventhal,Adam M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Progression to Traditional Cigarette Smoking After Electronic Cigarette Use Among US Adolescents and Young Adults	2015	Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full JAMA pediatrics Periodical, Abbrev. JAMA Pediatr. Pub Date Free Form Nov Volume 169 Issue 11 Start Page 1018 Other Pages 1023 Notes LR: 20160322; GR: KL2-TR001088/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 CA077026/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 CA140150/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01-CA077026/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01-CA140150/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 2168-6211; 2168-6203 Accession Number PMID: 26348249 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; AIM; IM DOI 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1742 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 26348249 Abstract IMPORTANCE: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may help smokers reduce the use of traditional combustible cigarettes. However, adolescents and young adults who have never smoked traditional cigarettes are now using e-cigarettes, and these individuals may be at risk for subsequent progression to traditional cigarette smoking. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether baseline use of e-cigarettes among nonsmoking and nonsusceptible adolescents and young adults is associated with subsequent progression along an established trajectory to traditional cigarette smoking. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this longitudinal cohort study, a national US sample of 694 participants aged 16 to 26 years who were never cigarette smokers and were attitudinally nonsusceptible to smoking cigarettes completed baseline surveys from October 1, 2012, to May 1, 2014, regarding smoking in 2012-2013. They were reassessed 1 year later. Analysis was conducted from July 1, 2014, to March 1, 2015. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the independent association between baseline e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking, controlling for sex, age, race/ethnicity, maternal educational level, sensation-seeking tendency, parental cigarette smoking, and cigarette smoking among friends. Sensitivity analyses were performed, with varying approaches to missing data and recanting. EXPOSURES: Use of e-cigarettes at baseline. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Progression to cigarette smoking, defined using 3 specific states along a trajectory: nonsusceptible nonsmokers, susceptible nonsmokers, and smokers. Individuals who could not rule out smoking in the future were defined as susceptible. RESULTS: Among the 694 respondents, 374 (53.9%) were female and 531 (76.5%) were non-Hispanic white. At baseline, 16 participants (2.3%) used e-cigarettes. Over the 1-year follow-up, 11 of 16 e-cigarette users and 128 of 678 of those who had not used e-cigarettes (18.9%) progressed toward cigarette smoking. In the primary fully adjusted models, baseline e-cigarette use was independently associated with progression to smoking (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 8.3; 95% CI, 1.2-58.6) and to susceptibility among nonsmokers (AOR, 8.5; 95% CI, 1.3-57.2). Sensitivity analyses showed consistent results in the level of significance and slightly larger magnitude of AORs. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this national sample of US adolescents and young adults, use of e-cigarettes at baseline was associated with progression to traditional cigarette smoking. These findings support regulations to limit sales and decrease the appeal of e-cigarettes to adolescents and young adults. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Primack,B.A., Soneji,S., Stoolmiller,M., Fine,M.J., Sargent,J.D. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC4800740 Editors
Prolonged exposure to denicotinized cigarettes with or without transdermal nicotine	2009	Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 3137 Sennott Square, 210 S. Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA. edonny@pitt.edu	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Drug and alcohol dependence Periodical, Abbrev. Drug Alcohol Depend. Pub Date Free Form 1-Sep Volume 104 Issue 2-Jan Start Page 23 Other Pages 33 Notes LR: 20151119; GR: DA-019626/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R21 DA019626/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R21 DA019626-02/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 7513587; 0 (Nicotinic Agonists); 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine); 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide); NIHMS1 Place of Publication Ireland ISSN/ISBN 1879-0046; 0376-8716 Accession Number PMID: 19446968 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.01.021 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 19446968 Abstract Sensorimotor smoking stimuli are important determinants of cigarette use. The present study aimed to determine whether denicotinized cigarettes lose their reinforcing and/or subjective effects over a 9-day outpatient period when they are smoked with or without concurrent transdermal nicotine. After a preferred brand baseline, 68 participants were randomized into one of four conditions based on the dose (mg) of transdermal nicotine and the type of cigarettes (dose/cigarette): 0/nicotine, 0/denicotinized, 7/denicotinized, and 21/denicotinized. Under placebo patch conditions, participants smoked a similar number of nicotine and denicotinized cigarettes and no group differences emerged over repeated testing. The total volume of smoke inhaled was lower in the denicotinized group, although this decrease dissipated over time. Denicotinized cigarettes were rated as having low positive and high negative subjective effects. Compared to placebo, transdermal nicotine decreased the number of denicotinized cigarette smoked, produced a lasting decrease in the total volume of denicotinized cigarette smoke inhaled, but had little effect on the subjective effects of denicotinized cigarettes. Transdermal nicotine attenuated withdrawal during initial smoking abstinence; however, once participants were allowed to smoke withdrawal symptoms were relatively low regardless of patch condition. The persistent use of denicotinized cigarettes may result from the presence of nicotine withdrawal and/or the degree to which smoking becomes somewhat independent of the outcome of the behavior (i.e., habit learning). Additional studies would be useful to determine what factors drive continued use of denicotinized cigarettes, whether their use subsides as withdrawal dissipates, and whether they address motives for smoking distinct from current pharmacotherapy. Descriptors Administration, Cutaneous, Adolescent, Adult, Affect/drug effects, Aged, Carbon Monoxide/analysis, Double-Blind Method, Extinction, Psychological/drug effects, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nicotine/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Nicotinic Agonists/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Patient Compliance, Reinforcement (Psychology), Self Administration, Smoking/adverse effects/psychology, Smoking Cessation, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome/psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Donny,E. C., Jones,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20090515 PMCID PMC2726800 Editors
Promene u bubrezima kod bolesnika sa visekratnim izlucivanjem urinom Mycobacterium xenopi i Mycobacterium fortuitum--prikaz 16 slucajeva	1999		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Med Pregl Periodical, Abbrev. Med.Pregl. Pub Date Free Form Volume 52 Issue 10-Sep Start Page 334 Other Pages 42 Notes ID: 10624381 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language hr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Environmental or MOTT (mycobacteria other than tubercle bacilli) mycobacteria are found in both living environment and most of the food we consume. These mycobacteria can induce a disease in humans, although they rarely do. There are a few reports of urogenital infections caused by these bacteria. This is a report of 16 patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium xenopi and Mycobacterium fortuitum in the urine. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In patients suspected for a specific disease of the urogenital tract 7-10 morning urine samples were sent for a bacteriological analysis before initiating any therapy. The samples were treated by 2% NaOH, neutralized by 1% HCl and cultivated on four UIT media with penicillin and acid additives. The cultivated media were incubated at 37C and followed for a potential growth for up to three months. Growth-exhibiting cultures were submitted to a further cultural and biochemical investigation, applying antituberculotic sensitivity tests and a biological probe when needed. The study included 6,468 patients. Finding of mycobacteria was registered in 180 (2.78%) patients. Of them, 164 had Mycobacterium tuberculosis while 16 patients had successive urine culture findings of MOTT bacilli: Mycobacterium xenopi--14 patients or Mycobacterium fortuitum--2 patients. RESULTS: Of 180 patients with positive bacteriologic urine finding, 164 (91.11%) had Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 16 (8.89%) had MOTT bacilli. Of the latter 16 patients, Mycobacterium xenopi was found in 14. They were all females aged 14-64 yrs. MOTT bacilli were secreted in certain time intervals, ranging from a month to nine years. The bacteria were registered successively, at the frequency rate of 6-53 times. Even 5 of 14 patients worked at the Institute for Lung Diseases as either a nurse, laboratory technician, cleaning lady or an officer at the bacteriologic material admission unit. The evidence of patho-anatomic renal changes was obtained from 11 of 14 patients, including a deformed pelvic system of the kidney, a dilated pelvis of the kidney, papillary ulceration, cystic formations, calcification, hydronephrosis and the presence of concrements. Cystic lesions were the most common ones, registered in 7/14 patients. Regarding functional disorders, haematuria, leukocytes in the sediment, proteinuria and renal colics were most frequently registered. Two patients with successive findings of Mycobacterium fortuitum were presented with neither significant patho-anatomic nor functional renal disorders. DISCUSSION: The following conclusions have emerged from the comparative analysis of the findings: the most common source of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an infected person. The disease is transmitted by a droplet infection. Smear positive patients infect 50-63% of their family members. The renal disease induced by these bacteria is hematogenous in origin and is always associated with a former extrarenal infection. The infection is bilateral, but always manifested in one of the kidneys only. The symptoms of the infection appear in diverse combinations. The most common is a combination of dysuria and albuminuria, while 20% of patients are asymptomatic. The most effective diagnostic procedures are bacteriologic urine test for mycobacteria and intravenous pyelography. A combined antituberculotic 6-9-month treatment is usually effective. Regarding environmental mycobacteria (MOTT), their host is still obscure. The external environment contains them in abundance, but they are not transmitted from one person to another. The MOTT bacteria's habitat can be earth, water, waste waters, garbage, plant material, sphagnum of the swamp vegetation. They colonize the water-pipe systems in towns and are found in the biofilm which coats the water pipes. Water chlorination does not affect their development. They are also found in country yards, animal farms, raw milk and butter, fruit and vegetables. They are also registered in the house dust, in Descriptors Bacteriuria/microbiology, Kidney/pathology, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis, Mycobacterium fortuitum/isolation & purification, Mycobacterium xenopi/isolation & purification, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Kidney Diseases/complications, Kidney Diseases/diagnosis, Kidney Diseases/pathology, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/complications, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/pathology, Mycobacterium fortuitum/drug effects, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, Mycobacterium xenopi/drug effects, Tuberculosis/complications, Tuberculosis/diagnosis Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-10624381 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Lovodic-Sivcev,B., Vukelic,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Promoting cessation resources through cigarette package warning labels: a longitudinal survey with adult smokers in Canada, Australia and Mexico	2015	University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.; University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.; University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.; University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ca	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tobacco control Periodical, Abbrev. Tob.Control Pub Date Free Form Mar Volume 24 Issue e1 Start Page e23 Other Pages 31 Notes LR: 20151215; CI: Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.; GR: MR/K023195/1/Medical Research Council/United King Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1468-3318; 0964-4563 Accession Number PMID: 25052860 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM DOI 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051589 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25052860 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Health warning labels (HWLs) on tobacco packaging can be used to provide smoking cessation information, but the impact of this information is not well understood. METHODS: Online consumer panels of adult smokers from Canada, Australia and Mexico were surveyed in September 2012, January 2013 and May 2013; replenishment was used to maintain sample sizes of 1000 participants in each country at each wave. Country-stratified logistic Generalised Estimating Equation (GEE) models were estimated to assess correlates of citing HWLs as a source of information on quitlines and cessation websites. GEE models also regressed having called the quitline, and having visited a cessation website, on awareness of these resources because of HWLs. RESULTS: At baseline, citing HWLs as a source of information about quitlines was highest in Canada, followed by Australia and Mexico (33%, 19% and 16%, respectively). Significant increases over time were only evident in Australia and Mexico. In all countries, citing HWLs as a source of quitline information was significantly associated with self-report of having called a quitline. At baseline, citing HWLs as a source of information about cessation websites was higher in Canada than in Australia (14% and 6%, respectively; Mexico was excluded because HWLs do not include website information), but no significant changes over time were found for either country. Citing HWLs as a source of information about cessation websites was significantly associated with having visited a website in both Canada and Australia. CONCLUSIONS: HWLs are an important source of cessation information. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Thrasher,J.F., Osman,A., Moodie,C., Hammond,D., Bansal-Travers,M., Cummings,K.M., Borland,R., Yong,H.H., Hardin,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20140722 PMCID PMC4368699 Editors
Promotion of waterpipe tobacco use, its variants and accessories in young adult newspapers: a content analysis of message portrayal	2015	Division of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30033, USA and Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2611, USA kster	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Health education research Periodical, Abbrev. Health Educ.Res. Pub Date Free Form Feb Volume 30 Issue 1 Start Page 152 Other Pages 161 Notes LR: 20160715; CI: (c) The Author 2014; GR: 1R03CA159909-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: P20 MD006737/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States; GR: R03 CA159909/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R21 CA180934/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R24 HD041041/HD/N Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1465-3648; 0268-1153 Accession Number PMID: 24957675 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; T DOI 10.1093/her/cyu035 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 24957675 Abstract The objective of our study was to identify waterpipe tobacco smoking advertisements and those that promoted a range of products and accessories used to smoke waterpipe tobacco. The content of these advertisements was analyzed to understand the messages portrayed about waterpipe tobacco smoking in young adult (aged 18-30) newspapers. The study methods include monitoring of six newspapers targeting young adults from four major cities in the Southeastern United States over a 6-month period. A total of 87 advertisements were found; 73.5% (64) were distinct and content analyzed. The study results showed that of the advertisements analyzed, 25% advertised waterpipe tobacco smoking, 54.7% featured waterpipe tobacco smoking and other tobacco use, 14.1% featured non-tobacco waterpipe variants (i.e. vaporizers), and 6.3% featured waterpipe apparatus accessories (e.g. charcoal, hoses). The sociability (34%) and sensuality (29.7%) of waterpipe smoking were promoted themes. Alternative to cigarette use messages (3.1%), and harm-reduction messages (17.1%) emphasized that smoking waterpipe tobacco using the featured accessory or waterpipe variant was a healthier experience than cigarette smoking. The study concluded that the messages that promoted waterpipe tobacco smoking to young adults are parallel to those used to promote cigarette use. Tobacco control professionals should continue to monitor young adult newspapers as a source of waterpipe-related advertising. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher . Published by Oxford University Press Data Source Authors Sterling,K.L., Fryer,C.S., Majeed,B., Duong,M.M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20140623 PMCID PMC4296886 Editors

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