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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Electronic Cigarettes"”.
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Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes of Young Adults Towards Electronic-cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are deemed to be safer than tobacco cigarettes because they do not contain a number of toxicants and carcinogens that are present in tobacco cigarettes. However, their long-term health effects are unknown. Despite concerns surrounding this, there has been a …
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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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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 …
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Hooked on Nico-Teen: The Youth Vaping Epidemic
… was irreversibly transformed with the boom of electronic cigarettes. Although these devices initially hit the market as a safe alternative to cigarettes that would help current smokers to quit, the product quickly spread to middle and high school students. Rather than helping current users …
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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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Molecular Dynamics Simulations In The Study Of Biological Lipid Membranes
… presence of organic compounds in the vapors of electronic cigarettes. A preliminary analysis of a novel iso-area phase transition is also provided. In addition, α-synuclein, thought to be the primary purveyor of Parkinson’s disease is investigated and its mechanism of binding is elucidated.
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Prevalence a motivace užívání tabákových a nikotinových výrobků u studentů Univerzity obrany
… use of alternative nicotine products, such as electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches, has been increasing, particularly among young adults. The university and military environments represent specific contexts that may influence patterns of nicotine use. Objectives …
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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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Electronic Cigarette Education for Parents of Adolescents
… educational 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 …
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Investigating the impact of e-cigarettes on lung cells: a combined in vitro and computational study
The increasing use of electronic cigarettes (ECs), particularly among youth, has raised concerns about their impact on respiratory health. This thesis investigates the effects of EC aerosol exposure on the alveolar epithelium using a combination of in silico modelling and in vitro experimentation. …
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Modeling and Twitter-based Surveillance of Smoking Contagion
… Twitter data to infer sentiments on smoking and electronic cigarettes, to estimate the proportion of user population that gets exposed to smoking-related messaging that is underage, and to identify statistically anomalous clusters of counties where people discuss about electronic cigarette a lot …
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From scaring to stigma: an examination of stigma's and related constructs' association with EPPM-framed messages and the ethical dilemmas of health communication
… on two similar topics: smoking and vaping (using electronic cigarettes). The original aim of the study was to use an experimental design to manipulate secondary audience perceptions of the threat and efficacy related of smoking and vaping behaviors and cessation. However, the manipulation checks …
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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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Healthy Stores For Healthy Communities
… cancer. In the past five years, the emergence of Electronic smoking devices or Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), little cigarillos, vapes, and hookah have increased smoking rates among teenagers and young adults throughout California. The rise of smokeless tobacco products can be …
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Development of novel in vitro platforms to model the lung
… chemicals such as compounds used as flavors in electronic cigarettes. Finally, we demonstrated the ability of the device to support the culture of primary human alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells and iPSC-derived AT2 cells. One of the limitations of in vitro systems is the inability to culture primary …
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Professional doctorate in health psychology : thesis portfolio (Whippey : 2018)
… basic. My research thesis examined the use of electronic cigarettes within smoking cessation and the effects this can have on individuals changes in weight. It explored this by comparing different smoking cessation aids, (NRT, Champix and E-cigarettes), gender, ethnicity (Asian or Non-Asian), …