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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"chewing tobacco"”.
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The use of smokeless tobacco among UK South Asian communities
More than 2 million people in the UK consumes chewing tobacco products, of which the majority are from South Asian communities. The use of chewing tobacco products needs to be investigated due to the association with adverse health effects amongst its users. The purpose of this research was to …
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
Tobacco consumption has long 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 …
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Understanding the motivation to use anabolic steroids: an application of the theory of reasoned action
… correlated with the use of alcohol, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, marijuana, or cocaine. Similar results were found for an adolescent sub-sample of 59 male weightlifters (Mean age = 19.9). These results provided strong support for the TRA (TPB) as an accurate model for explaining male …
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Modeling and Twitter-based Surveillance of Smoking Contagion
Nicotine, in the form of cigarette smoking, chewing tobacco, and most recently as vapor smoking, is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the world. Since smoking imposes a significant health-care and economic burden on the population, there have been sustained and significant efforts for …
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Tobacco-Use Promotional Environment and Intrapersonal Environment: Predictors of Smoking Intention Among Young Southern California Thai-American Adolescents
This study explores tobacco-use related environment, intrapersonal factors, and smoking initiation in Thai-American adolescents aged 10 to 16 living in Southern California. A purposive sample of 217 youth was recruited from seven Thai-community centers located in four counties of Southern …
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Nicotine and its effects on periodontal tissue
Nicotine, the chief active ingredient of tobacco, has been known since the introduction of the plant in Europe in the middle sixteenth century. Nicotine can be found in some vegetables consumed in every-day life such as eggplant, cauliflower, green tomatoes, and potatoes. Tobacco, which is the main …
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Vegetable intake and head and neck cancer
… the presence of other factors such as smoking or chewing tobacco, high-risk sexual behavior, and alcohol abuse. Epidemiological studies have suggested that specific food groups may be protective against persistent cervical HPV infections and reduce the risk of progression of persistent HPV …
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Smokeless tobacco: current use among Bangladeshi adolescents and association with increased oral cancer risk among Bangladeshi adults
Background: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is a major public health burden and highly prevalent in Bangladesh. Over 20 million Bangladeshi adults are currently using SLT. Bangladesh Government had announced its vision to become a tobacco free country by 2040. Therefore, public health efforts focusing …