Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 1259 for “"smoking"”.
-
Adolescent smoking and parenting. Associations between smoking related parental behaviors and adolescent smoking
Contains fulltext : 56931.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
-
Susceptibility to smoking among Chinese-Canadian non-smoking adolescents
Susceptibility to smoking has been widely measured in an effort to detect those teens who lack of a firm commitment to not smoke. This measure, however, has not been applied to Chinese-Canadian adolescents. The overall goal of this study was to understand susceptibility to smoking among …
-
The influence of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking behaviours
… smokers may prove useful in developing effective smoking prevention programs. The purpose of this stUdy was to assess the importance of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking patterns. The results were based on responses to The Grade 7 Lincoln County Smoking Survey designed by Chudzik …
-
Field: smoking cessation
The UK government white paper on tobacco "Smoking Kills" set targets to reduce rates of smoking among adults from 28% to 24%; by 2010. The success of behavioural smoking cessation programmes varies according to the type of intervention delivered (Viswesvaran & Schimidt, 1992). Group support …
-
Quantifying crackles in the lung of smoking and non-smoking young adults
… are associated with a variety of lung disorders. Smoking is also associated with many of the changes in the lung and airways leading to crackles. However, studying crackles as an indication of pathologic changes related to cigarette smoking in the lung is an underdeveloped area of research which …
-
The Adolescent Smoking Prevention Project: A Web-Based Smoking Prevention for Adolescents
… and 9.2% of high school students reported smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days (CDC, 2014). However, there is currently a lack of evidence-based programs targeting prevention of adolescent smoking. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a novel web-based adolescent smoking …
-
Fatigue and Smoking Relapse
… primarily on their own (i.e., self-guided quit). Smoking prevalence has stabilized as the remaining population becomes increasingly representative of “at-risk smokers” who are unable to quit. The experience of prolonged fatigue may be one underrecognized but highly common problem that may help in …
-
The effect of peer and parental smoking on adolescent smoking initiation: Exploring potential moderators
<p>The factors that contribute to smoking initiation among adolescents are poorly understood. The current approaches to smoking prevention may have achieved their maximum potential as evidenced by a stalling in the decline in smoking rates. To date, approaches to smoking prevention based on social …
-
Analysing Risk Preferences and Time Preferences with respect to Smoking Status and Smoking Intensity
Smoking is a leading cause of death worldwide, and thus the behavioural components need to be understood to mitigate the damage caused by the practice. The relationship between smoking and factors such as risk preferences and time preferences has been the subject of a growing body of literature. …
-
An evaluation of social-cognitive factors in dietary restraint, smoking, and weight control smoking
… social-cognitive variables in restrained eating, smoking, and weight control smoking. Overall, the results indicated Significant main effects of dietary restraint and smoking on dieting- and smoking-related social-cognitive variables. In addition, there were significant group differences for …
-
The Modification of Smoking Behavior
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T23:01:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6801821.pdf: 7306854 bytes, checksum: 0423503a4953356393f931b6f9c95e07 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1967
-
Passive smoking and meningococcal disease
… for confounders, the main force of passive smoking as a risk factor for meningococcal disease appeared to be in the presence of a recent upper respiratory tract infection. Other factors that remained significant after adjusting for confounders included: being breastfed for less than three …
-
Exploring young people's concepts of smoking addiction: Perceived opportunities to try smoking without becoming addicted
… how young people conceptualise addiction to smoking and, also the relationship between young people's addiction beliefs and intentions to smoke cigarettes. Addiction to smoking is a major health problem, not just for adults, but also for young smokers, up to 60% of whom are dependent on …
-
Socio-Cultural Influences on Adolescent Smoking in Mainland China: The Mediating Role of Smoking-Related Cognitions
<p>The etiology of smoking behaviors involves the interplay among multiple systems at the cultural, familial, and personal levels, but few investigations have explored the effects of multiple environments on adolescent smoking behaviors. Survey data were collected from 658 parent-child dyads of …
-
Smoking to Cope with Pain: The Motivating Effects of Pain Induction on Smoking Urge and Behaviour
… pain. Substantial evidence has linked tobacco smoking with both acute and chronic pain conditions. Contemporary models of pain and smoking posit a cyclical relationship wherein individuals smoke to reduce pain in the short term; however, smoking to cope with pain indirectly exacerbates pain in …
-
The Association between Smoking and Obesity
"목 차 감사의 글 ⅰ 내용목차 ⅲ 표 목 차 ⅴ 그림목차 ⅵ 국문요약 ⅶ Ⅰ 서 론 1 1. 연구의 필요성 2 2. 연구의 목적 4 Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 5 1. 비만의 보건학적 의미 5 2. 일반적 특성과 비만의 관련성 8 3. 흡연과 비만의 관련성 9 4. 기타 생활습관과 비만의 관련성 11 Ⅲ. 연구방법 14 1. 연구의 틀 14 2. 연구대상 및 표집방법 15 3. 연구에 사용되는 변수 15 4. 분석 방법 17 Ⅳ. 연구결과 18 1. 연구대상자의 일반적인 특성 18 2. 대상자의 흡연여부와 BMI 관계 20 3. 대상자의 …
-
Role Models' Influence On Smoking Reduction
… advocates argue that role models can influence smoking cessation, systematic research has yet to investigate the effects of social influence on quitting smoking. The present study investigated the effects of role model influence on smoking cessation. Participants read a story about one of four …
Page 1 of 63