Intervention of tobacco chewing and smoking habits.

Smoking and chewing habits of people of Karachi--1981.

An attempt was made to know the behaviour of various habits, age and sex composition of the population. Results were quite encouraging. The age reporting was not upto the mark. The sex ratios were very erratic. It has been seen that habits are usually prevelant among males. This trend is continuing. The pan chewing among males is rising whereas it has slightly reduced among females. An alarming...

Betel nut & tobacco chewing habits in Durban, Kwazulu Natal

First trimester maternal tobacco smoking habits and fetal growth.

RATIONALE Maternal smoking in pregnancy is associated with reduced birth weight and childhood lung function. This study determined when maternal smoking first influences fetal growth and how this relates to childhood respiratory outcomes. METHODS A longitudinal cohort of 1924 pregnant women was recruited. Fetal ultrasound measurements at 11 weeks (crown-rump length, CRL) and at 20 weeks gesta...

Changes of smoking habits and cough in men smoking cigarettes with 30% NSM tobacco substitute.

The effects of smoking cigarettes with 30% of the tobacco replaced by NSM tobacco substitute, which lowered their tar and nicotine delivery, were studied by comparing them with the effects of conventional cigarettes in a controlled crossover trial lasting 20 months. Chest symptoms, cigarette consumption, and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) were measured each month. Two-hundred men...

Design of a Web Intervention to Change Youth Smoking Habits

Web interventions are gaining popularity in trying to change a person’s behavior. However, poorly designed intervention websites will affect the learning process of a person, what more to remember the content that they have learnt. The objective of this paper is to discuss the design of a web intervention using Gagne’s Condition of Learning Theory and cognitive dissonance. The usage of learning...