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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cigarette Smoking: Demographic Moderators
… dose-response relationship between ACE score and cigarette smoking, such that as ACE score increases, so does smoking behavior, but little is known about what factors moderate this relationship. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine demographic characteristics as potential moderators of …
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The Effects of Cigarette Smoking During Acute Alcohol Intoxication
… abuse, of alcohol is frequently accompanied by cigarette smoking. Between eighty and ninety-five percent of alcoholics also smoke cigarettes, a rate more than four times higher than in the general population. The mechanisms underlying this association remain poorly understood. A general class of …
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Factors Influencing College Seniors' Intentions To Quit Cigarette Smoking
<p>Although the adverse health effects of cigarette smoking are well known, many college students continue to initiate and maintain cigarette smoking. While some college students are making quit attempts, they have limited success. Past research has identified graduation as one life event around …
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Unravelling the relationship between cigarette smoking and language development
Cigarette smoking (CS) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Despite increasing knowledge regarding the health threats of CS, its global use remains a problem, even among pregnant women, with 8.1% of pregnant women smoking. In addition to maternal health, prenatal CS has been linked to …
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Body Dissatisfaction, Verbal Commentary, Social Influences and Cigarette Smoking
… and approximately 15% of adults smoke cigarettes. Body dissatisfaction can predict the development of an eating disorder, and smoking is linked with dozens of diseases, both of which can lead to premature death. The current study tested body dissatisfaction as a mediator of the …
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"Destructive but sweet": cigarette smoking among women 1890-1990
… there is little work looking at the question of smoking among women in a historical context. The work which has been done on women and smoking has largely looked at the issue from a sociological viewpoint. In addressing this gap, I have drawn from both disciplines to explore the history of …
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The effect of food deprivation on cigarette smoking in females
… The purpose of the present study was to compare smoking rates, expired carbon monoxide levels, and smoking topography in 15 female participants during a state of acute food deprivation and in a non-deprived state. A within-subjects design was utilized to test the primary hypotheses that smoking …
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Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Neurocognitive Performance in Dementia Patients
… is crucial. Some studies suggests that cigarette smoking may increase the risk of developing dementia, but others suggest that smoking may have a neuroprotective effect. To clarify our understanding of the relationship between cigarette smoking and dementia, this study examined the …
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The Social Dynamics of Cigarette Smoking in a Junior High School
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The Effect of Transcendental Meditation Upon Modifying The Cigarette Smoking Habit
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
<p>The psychosocial and cultural predictors of cigarette smoking were examined among a sample of 175 African-American adults. Participants completed a self-report inventory containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the …
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
<p>The psychosocial and cultural predictors of cigarette smoking were examined among a sample of 175 African-American adults. Participants completed a self-report inventory containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the …
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Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Disease Progression in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Patients
"Introduction: Cigarette smoking is known to have a protective role against the development of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD). Despite this, there have been few studies focusing on whether cigarette smoking is able to slow IPD disease progression. The few that have examined this issue must be …
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An Experimental Investigation of the Functional Relationship between Social Phobia and Cigarette Smoking
… represent a large group with elevated rates of cigarette smoking and cessation rates lower than that of individuals without psychopathology. For individuals with SP, cigarette smoking may be used to reduce social anxiety in anticipation of and during social situations, however, no study to date …
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Cigarette smoking amongst Rheumatoid Arthritis patients in a tertiary centre in South Africa
Background: Cigarette smoking is associated with worse outcomes amongst rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers, with poorer disease control, increased extra-articular complications and comorbidities. There are currently no data from sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: To describe the prevalence of …
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EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON CARDIORESPIRATORY AND METABOLIC RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS IN YOUNG ACTIVE MALES
Cigarette smoking is one of the most impacting risk factors for cardiopulmonary morbidity and a major cause of mortality. It leads to systemic modifications that alter the cardiorespiratory and metabolic response at rest and during exercise. Indeed, stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, …
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Wearable sensor systems to study the physiological and behavioral manifestation of cigarette smoking in free-living
Worldwide, cigarette smoking is one of the major causes of preventable death. A single cigarette contains more than a hundred toxins that have detrimental effects on the smoker himself and the people in his or her surroundings. Despite knowledge of these harms, smokers often struggle to quit. …
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Roles of Oxidative Stress and Dna Methylation In Cigarette Smoking-Induced Accelerated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression
… AML, they have worse survival compared to never smoking patients. This has been observed clinically for decades, but then it is unknown how smoking leads to worsened AML survival. Smoking causes oxidative stress and altered DNA methylation that persists for decades in peripheral blood mononuclear …
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