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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Cigarette Use"”.
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Predictors of Adolescent E-cigarette Use
<p>E-cigarette use among adolescents in the U.S. has recently tripled. Studies suggest that e-cigarettes may be as addictive as conventional cigarettes, and that adolescents may be at particular risk for nicotine addiction, as well as for the neurological, developmental, and behavioral problems …
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E-cigarette use in Kuwait: prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as a smoking cessation aid or as a permanent replacement for smoking is increasing. The gateway theory states that e-cigarette use might lead to the use of combustible cigarettes by non-smokers, especially by adolescents. The aim of this PhD study was …
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Evaluation and Clinical Implications of Biomarkers of Electronic Cigarette Use
… new nicotine-delivery products called electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes have gained a considerable popularity in the US. Cotinine is a nicotine metabolite excreted with urine and it is a common biomarker used to verify patient’s smoking status in clinical settings. However, cotinine is a …
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Service users' perceptions of the relationships between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders
… Information on the relationship between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) is contradictory and limited to studies conducted in high-income countries characterised by a predominance of injection drug use. In South Africa, a low-and-middleincome country where …
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The Impact of Chronic E-Cigarette Use on Flow- Mediated Dilation Elicited by a Sustained Shear Stress Stimulus
E-cigarettes, are popular electronic nicotine delivery devices. Acute human, animal and in-vitro models of e-cigarette exposure, have identified significant impairments in vascular endothelial cell (EC) function. The endothelium is a single layer of cells lining the arteries and is crucial to the …
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Is implementing a provincial e-cigarette tax associated with a lower likelihood of e-cigarette initiation among high school students? Evaluating the experience in British Columbia using data from the COMPASS study, 2018-2021
… This study evaluated the impact of an e-cigarette tax in British Columbia (BC) on youth e-cigarette use. Methods: This study used repeat cross-sectional and longitudinal samples of students attending high schools in four Canadian provinces in 2018/19 and 2020/21. Results: A …
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The Association Between Emotional Competencies and E-Cigarette Susceptibility
<p>The prevalence of e-cigarette use in young adults rose dramatically in the United States over the past decade. Nonetheless, our understanding of the motives that make young adults more susceptible to e-cigarette use remains limited. Risk factors associated with susceptibility to combustible …
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Altering the social learning climate: raising the legal age of tobacco purchase and social learning theory
… virtually all high school students' access to cigarettes; however, this legislation also reduced smoking in ways proposed by the concepts of Ronald Akers' Social Learning Theory (1979). The present study postulated limiting access to cigarettes would reduce all measures of cigarettes use, …
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Réponse au stress et comportements routiers à risque sous l’effet de l’alcool chez de jeunes conducteurs
… crashes are a serious problem worldwide. They cause tens of millions of injuries each year and represent one of the leading causes of death in young adults. Impaired driving, speeding and other risky driving behaviours (RDBs) are often associated with these crashes. Examination of risk markers …
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Electronic Cigarette Exposure: Inflammatory and Immunological Implications in Structural Lung Cells and the Potential Public Health Consequences
Electronic cigarettes have rapidly become the consumer preferred alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but very little is known about the harms associated with their use. Electronic cigarettes are often proposed as a cessation device from a harm reduction standpoint, but this overlooks the lack of …
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Electronic Cigarette Education for Parents of Adolescents
… handout to increase knowledge of electronic cigarette health risks and improve intentions to discuss these risks with their adolescent. Background. In the United States, 4 million high school and 840,000 middle school students reported using electronic cigarettes in 2018. Numerous physical …
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An exploratory investigation of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and substance abuse in undergraduate college students
… stress (PTSD) symptoms and substance use in undergraduate college students. A review of the existing literature was examined and showed a significant correlation between PTSD and substance use, including alcohol, marijuana and other drugs. Literature also showed correlations between …
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
… been a significant health concern. This is because it is one of the significant causes of premature death, as a result of various types of diseases that arise due to the use of both smoking and smokeless tobacco. Tobacco use has been found to be associated significantly with socioeconomic …
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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology thesis portfolio (Clarke : 2015) : Adolescents' views of the electronic cigarette: a new gateway to addiction?
… that there are 2.1 million adult electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users (Action on Smoking and Health, 2014). Introduced to the UK in 2006, ecigarette use has grown rapidly from 700,000 users in 2012 (Kmietowicz, 2014). Given that smoking initiation begins for the most part during …
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Extra-curricular activity participation, connectedness to school and cigarette and alcohol use : how the relationships work
… connectedness to school, teachers and peers and cigarette and alcohol consumption. In this study, ECA are defined as activities students choose to do (not compulsory), are fun and are not part of normal classroom work. The four main types of extra-curricular activities in this study are: sport, …
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Educating Teens on the Risks of Vaping: A QI Project
Background: As the dangers of traditional tobacco cigarettes were publicly realized, rates of cigarette smoking declined; however, the use of electronic cigarettes (vape devices) has increased, especially among the minor population. An abundance of misinformation about the dangers and risks of …
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¡No Smoking Por Vapor! Systematic Literature Review Examining the Attitudes Toward, Beliefs About, Perceived Risks and Benefits of Electronic Cigarettes and Toward Their Use Among United States Youth
Electronic cigarettes are an emerging topic of discussion and debate in Public Health. Their ability to deliver nicotine in the form of vapor gave rise to the idea of electronic cigarettes being used as nicotine replacement therapy. However, the risks to health that electronic cigarettes pose …
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Smoking, ADHD, and Problematic Video Game Use: A Structural Modeling Approach
<p>Problematic video game use (PVGU), or addiction-like use of video games, is associated with negative physical and mental health problems as well as problems in social and occupational functioning. Possible contributors to PVGU include frequency of play, cigarette smoking, and ADHD. The aim of …
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Migrations and gradations : reappraising the health profile of immigrants to Canada
… of health-risk behaviours such as alcohol and cigarette use, an increase in excess body weight, and declining rates of physical activity. However, the majority of health research concerning immigrants to Canada has been limited to cross-sectional studies (Dunn & Dyck, 2000; Newbold & Danforth, …
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