Tobacco is a valuable cash crop. It is the most widely grown non-food crop in the world. Tobacco use is widespread due to its addictive nature of its main constituent nicotine. Therefore, the knowledge of nicotine level in tobacco is important to tobacco industry and in the area of toxicology to control its harmful effect on health. There is no report in the literature on nicotine level of Ethi...

BACKGROUND To investigate the socio-economic and demographic determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. METHODS Cross sectional survey of households (population based) with 2018 respondent (1038 Rural; 980 Urban) was carried out in Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and included males and females 18-65 years of age. Main outcome measure was self reported daily tobacco use. RESULTS Overall 16.5...

MICHAEL BRANDON TALLEY Examining the Impact of Development, Tobacco Taxation, and Tobacco Prices on Global Adult Male Smoking Prevalence (Under the direction of Michael Eriksen, Faculty Member) Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Nevertheless, the global tobacco epidemic continues to spread throughout much of the world, particularly in developing countries. Previ...

OBJECTIVE To examine tobacco control implication of the first European product liability suit in Finland. METHODS Systematic search of internal tobacco industry documents available on the internet and at the British American Tobacco Guildford Depository. RESULTS Despite legal loss, the litigation contributed to subsequent tobacco control legislation in Finland. The proceedings revealed that...

www.aafp.org/afp Volume 82, Number 10 ◆ November 15, 2010 Summary of Recommendations and Evidence The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products (Table 1). A recommendation. The USPSTF recommends that clinicians ask all pregnant women about tobacco use and...

As farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increasing interest in identifying alternative sources of income for tobacco farmers in the southern United States The recent termination of the tobacco quota program has accelerated the exit of tobacco farmers and has heightened concern regarding the availability of substitutes for tobacco production. In this s...

The health consequences of tobacco use are well known, but less recognized are the significant environmental impacts of tobacco production and use. The environmental impacts of tobacco include tobacco growing and curing; product manufacturing and distribution; product consumption; and post-consumption waste. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control addresses envir...

In 2015, an estimated 18.8 million U.S. adults were military veterans (1). Although the prevalence of tobacco-attributable conditions is high among veterans (2), there is a paucity of data on use of tobacco products, other than cigarettes, in this population. To monitor tobacco product use among veterans, CDC analyzed self-reported current (i.e., past 30-day) use of five tobacco product types (...