BACKGROUND In England, point-of-sale (PoS) displays in larger shops were prohibited in April 2012, with an exemption for smaller retailers until 2015. The aim of this study was to examine the association between tobacco displays and brand communication at the PoS and adolescent smoking behaviour, and to assess the potential benefits likely to accrue from this legislation. METHODS Self-complet...

Depending on manufacturing techniques, te as can be divided into two main types: black tea, which has undergone an enzymic oxidation called 'fermentation' during processing, and green tea, which has not. Black tea represents about 80% of world production. Annual tea consumption varies from country ta country, ranging from a high level of about 3 kg per capu! ta negligible values in many countri...

background: tea is the most commonly consumed beverage by iranian adults after water, and while previous studies have examined the negative effects of coffee-based caffeine on bone mineral density (bmd), the relationship between the consumption of tea and bmd has not been clearly explored. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between habitual tea drinking and bmd in the adu...

background: exercise and consumption of green tea affect the aging process. however, the effect of exercise training combined with green tea extract on leukocyte telomere length, quality of life (qol) and body composition in aging has so far been unclear and inconsistent. objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of aerobic training intervention and green tea ex...

Regular green tea intake has been associated with an inverse risk of breast cancer. There are compelling experimental evidence that green tea, particularly, epigallocatechin gallate, the most potent green tea catechin, possesses a range of anti-cancer properties. We conducted a pre-surgical study of green tea capsules vs. no-green tea in women with primary breast cancer to determine the effects...

Before and after the 3-year generic advertising campaign for fresh fish in Denmark, representative consumer samples were surveyed with regard to their attitudes towards fresh fish, perceived family norms, availability of fresh fish in shops, meal preparation skills, intentions to buy fresh fish, and actual consumption frequencies. In the pre-campaign survey (effective N = 641), significant dete...

At current on-line shops, buyers almost independently enjoy shopping without anyone’s help. However, there are many cases where they cooperate with people such as personal advisers or salespersons at real shops, especially at apparel shops. In the process of cooperation many evaluation data on candidate products are exchanged between buyers and personal advisers. These evaluation data can be us...

Coexposure to heavy metals occurs in many occupational settings, such as automobile refining shops, pigment, and batteries production. Heavy metals around automobile refining shops were tested for their ability to induce synergistic cytogenetic effects in Trifolium repens L. by using the chromosomal aberrasions (CAs), micronucleus (MN) and comet assay. A significant increase in micronucleus (MN...

Background and Objective: Controversial results of the association between tea (black tea, green tea, mate, and oolong tea) consumption and risk of bladder cancer were reported among epidemiological studies. Thus, we performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to investigate the association. Methods: We searched the PubMed and Embase for studies of tea consumption and bladder cancer that...