BACKGROUND Little is known about the differential impact of comprehensive and partial smoke-free legislation on smoking cessation. This study aimed to examine the impact of comprehensive smoke-free workplace legislation in Ireland and England, and partial hospitality industry legislation in the Netherlands on quit attempts and quit success. METHODS Nationally representative samples of 2,219 a...

Norway has one of the most comprehensive infrastructures for tobacco control in the world and has launched several media campaigns recent years. Can yet another anti-smoking campaign, using fear appeal messages, have an immediate impact on smoking behavior, motivation to quit and health beliefs? A sample of smokers (N = 2543) completed a survey before and after a 7-week national media campaign....

BACKGROUND An understanding of the characteristics of smokers who have never tried to quit may be useful to help identify and target these individuals and encourage them to attempt to give up smoking. Using national survey data we investigated variables associated with smokers reporting never having tried to quit. METHODS Using data from the 2007 and 2009 UK Office for National Statistics Opi...

Background: This study aimed to explore the barriers and enablers to quitting khat from the perspective ofusers and the barriers and enablers to supporting users to quit from the perspective of healthcareprofessionals (HCPs).Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interview...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which the prevailing model of smoking cessation (that smokers typically prepare their attempts to stop smoking in advance and that doing so increases their chances of success) is correct. DESIGN Cross sectional household survey. SETTING England. PARTICIPANTS 918 smokers who reported having made at least one quit attempt and 996 ex-smokers aged 16 and over...

Solid ovarian tumors of all types are very uncom mon in the lower animals, and teratomas of the ovary are exceedingly rare. In @,000autopsies on mice, Slye, Holmes, and Wells (1@) found only 46 with solid tumors of the ovary, and of these only one was a teratoma. Many of the mice they cx amined, moreover, were from stock having a high incidence of tumor formation. The present paper reports the ...

Aim To clarify the effects of small endometriomas on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. In the present study, the potential impact of small ovarian endometriomas on the quantitative and qualitative outcomes of IVF was evaluated in the same individual. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed, in which 118 infertile women with unilateral endometriomas that were <40 mm in size and who...

OBJECTIVES To develop a simulation model to predict the effects of different smoking treatment policies on quit rates, smoking rates, and smoking attributable deaths. METHODS We first develop a decision theoretic model of quitting behaviour, which incorporates the decision to quit and the choice of treatment. A model of policies to cover the costs of different combinations of treatments and t...

Only half of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) report a smoking quit attempt in the past year. Adults with COPD have frequent encounters with the healthcare system that are opportunities for health behavior interventions that support quit attempts. The purpose of this research was to examine individual- and clinical-level factors associated with smoking quit attempts in a...

Background: Cryopreservation of ovary for preserving germ cell line is going to be an important issue. However, the physical and chemical stresses during cryopreservation are the most important factors that may influence the post freezing tissue viability and quality. Vitrification is a new approach to bypass the impacts of both stresses for gametes and embryos and it is also suggested for ovar...