نتایج جستجو برای: smoking habit
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In a study in 29 health centre districts in Japan 91 540 non-smoking wives aged 40 and above were followed up for 14 years (1966-79), and standardised mortality rates for lung cancer were assessed according to the smoking habits of their husbands. Wives of heavy smokers were found to have a higher risk of developing lung cancer and a dose-response relation was observed. The relation between the...
BACKGROUND Elevated plasma testosterone levels are thought to play a role in the male preponderance of cases of Brugada syndrome (BS) and the development of prostate cancer. METHODS AND RESULTS The 34 Brugada-like electrocardiogram (ECG) cases were identified among 2,681 male survivors of the atomic bomb who had undergone at least 1 biennial health examination between July 1958 and December 1...
Inhaled prostaglandin (PG)E2 has been found to cause bronchodilation in asthmatics, although it does not have bronchodilative effects in normal subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of PGE2 in the expired breath condensate of patients with asthma, the possible contribution of smoking habit to its levels and the possible relationship between PGE2 and the degree of bronchi...
Desire versus Efficacy in Smokers’ Paradoxical Reactions to Pictorial Health Warnings for Cigarettes
Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs create aversive emotional reactions to smoking and induce thoughts about quitting; however, contrary to models of health behavior change, they do not appear to alter intentions to quit smoking. We propose and test a novel model of intention to quit an addictive habit such as smoking (the efficacy-desire model) that can explain this paradoxical effect...
OBJECTIVE To assess the cigarette smoking and alcohol intake maintenance rate in patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and to compare the observed outcome with the type of oncological treatment employed. METHODS One hundred and ten patients treated for high aero-digestive tract squamous cell carcinoma were included and divided into a surgical group, treated with a surgery...
BACKGROUND Tobacco consumption peak in developed countries has passed, however, it is on the increase in many developing countries. Apart from cigarettes, consumption of local hand-rolled cigarettes such as bidi and rokok daun are prevalent in specific communities. Although factors associated with smoking initiation and cessation has been investigated elsewhere, the only available data for Mala...
INTRODUCTION Cigarette smoking is related to many pathological conditions; however, chemical substances affect the oral cavity first, so it is important to consider its influence on oral mucosa and oral potentially pre-malignant lesions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of smoking on microvessel density in oral lichen planus. Special emphasis was placed on examining the relat...
AIM Cyclin D1 (CCND1) is critical in the transition of the cell cycle from G1 to S phase and unbalanced cell cycle regulation is a hallmark of carcinogenesis. The study aimed at investigating the association of CCND1 genotypes with lung cancer risk in Taiwan and examining the interaction between CCND1 genotype and smoking habit. PATIENTS AND METHODS CCND1 A870G (rs9344) and C1722G (rs678653) ...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Folate deficiency in the general population is associated with a risk of cardiovascular disease and various cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate folate status in Italian blood donors and its relationship with gender and smoking habit. DESIGN AND METHODS A prospective study of 201 first visit donors (99 males and 102 females) was undertaken to evaluate folat...
We examined agreement between the subjects' self- and partner-reports of such epidemiological information as medical and family history, smoking and drinking habit and physical activity. Information was obtained by a self-administered questionnaire which was completed by 224 workers (subjects) and by their partners in 1997. Agreement was assessed by calculating kappa statistic, intraclass corre...
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