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The Health, Poverty, and Financial Consequences of a Cigarette Price Increase among 500 Million Male Smokers in 13 Middle Income Countries
Abstract
Objective: To examine the impact of a 50% increase in market prices of cigarettes on health, poverty, and financial protection.
Design: Compartmental model study.
Setting: 13 middle income countries, totalling two billion men.
...Current Marijuana Use by Industry and Occupation — Colorado, 2014–2015
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Eight states, including Colorado, have legalized recreational marijuana use among persons aged ≥21 years. The association between marijuana use and occupational injury is of public health...
Effects of Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins on Lung Functions According to Gender and Smoking Status in Korea
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Objective: Cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dietary antioxidants are thought to prevent smoke-induced oxidative damage. The aim...
Cribado de riesgos derivados del consumo de drogas utilizando la herramienta ASSIST (Alcohol, smoking and substances involvement screening test) en pacientes de atención primaria
Resumen
Objetivo: El objetivo es estimar la prevalencia de consumos de riesgo de drogas y patrones de consumo en atención primaria.
Diseño: Estudio multicéntrico descriptivo transversal.
Emplazamiento: Cinco centros de salud del área Sur...
Vulnerability for Alcohol Use Disorder and Rate of Alcohol Consumption
"Binge drinking" may be more prevelent in individuals with an increased vulnerability to alcohol use disorder (AUD) and could act as an early warning indicator.
Binge Drink totali annuali consumati da adulti statunitensi, 2015
Introduzione
Il binge drinking (quattro o più drink per le donne, cinque o più drink per gli uomini in un'occasione) rappresenta più della metà degli 88.000 decessi negli Stati Uniti derivanti da un consumo eccessivo di alcol ogni anno. I...
The Restriction of Hours, Sales and Liquors: Lima 2010-17: Traffic Accidents (TA) and other Violent Deaths
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Objective: Determine the relationship between the hours of sale of spirits "Safe Time" and those killed by traffic accidents (TA).
Material and Methods: Descriptive research based on the monthly report made by the Metropolitan...
How Do People with Mood and Anxiety Disorders Perceive and Interpret the Drinking Motives Questionnaire?
Abstract
Background
Research has identified drinking motives as the final common pathway to alcohol use, and associations between specific drinking motives and drinking patterns have consistently been demonstrated. Data on drinking...
National Trends in Alcohol Consumption in Mexico
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Introduction: Worldwide, binge drinking of alcohol has increased, especially among young people. In Mexico, various epidemiological sources allow us to account for the growth this pattern of consumption has had. Given this...
Reduction of Mortality Following Better Detection of Hypertension and Alcohol Problems in Primary Health Care in Spain
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Through a simulation study, we estimated the potential effects of better detection of hypertension and improved screening for alcohol problems with subsequent interventions. Results showed that if 50% of Spanish males between 40...
Reducción de la mortalidad mediante una mejor detección de la hipertensión y los problemas con el alcohol en atención primaria de salud en España
Resumen
Se estudian mediante una simulación los potenciales beneficios que puede comportar una mejora en la detección y tratamiento de la hipertensión y de los problemas relacionados con el alcohol. Los resultados muestran que si el 50% de...
Contribution of Alcohol Use Disorders to the Burden of Dementia in France 2008–13
Summary
Background
Dementia is a prevalent condition, affecting 5–7% of people aged 60 years and older, and a leading cause of disability in people aged 60 years and older globally. We aimed to examine the association between alcohol use...
Trends in Mortality Rates Where Alcohol Was a Necessary Cause of Death in Brazil, 2000–2013
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[ABSTRACT]. Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized...
Self-Reported Knowledge, Correct Knowledge and Use of UK Drinking Guidelines among a Representative Sample of the English Population
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have investigated UK drinker's decision making. This research examines public knowledge and use of UK drinking guidelines exploring a representative sample of the English population.
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Uno studio sul modello di consumo di alcol tra gli uomini sposati nelle zone rurali del Tamil Nadu, India - Implicazioni politiche
Astratto
Il modello di consumo di alcol in India varia notevolmente da molti altri paesi. In India, la maggior parte degli uomini sono astemi (dal 70% al 90%) mentre meno del 2% delle donne usa alcol. Tuttavia, gli uomini che usano alcol...
Basso consumo di sigarette e rischio di malattia coronarica e ictus
Astratto
Obiettivo: Utilizzare la relazione tra consumo di sigarette e malattie cardiovascolari per quantificare il rischio di malattia coronarica e ictus per il fumo leggero (da una a cinque sigarette / giorno).
Progettazione: revisione...
Poverty and Smoking
This chapter examines the association between poverty and tobacco use. It provides a comprehensive review of the data on smoking prevalence and consumption levels in different socio-economic groups, both within individual countries and...
Prevalenza del consumo di tabacco tra i giovani medici in un ospedale universitario regionale nel sud della Spagna
Astratto
Introduzione: Lo scopo dello studio è quello di analizzare la prevalenza del fumo tra i medici residenti in un ospedale universitario regionale. Inoltre, abbiamo esaminato le tendenze nel comportamento al fumo dei medici in...
Associazioni tra uso di sostanze e tipo di reato nei detenuti con problemi di uso di sostanze
Obiettivo: Il presente studio mirava a studiare le associazioni tra modelli di consumo di sostanze e tipi di reati nei detenuti con problemi di consumo di sostanze, e in particolare se i modelli di consumo di sostanze fossero diversi nei...
A Systematic Review of Alcohol Interventions for People Living with and beyond Cancer
Background
There is a wealth of evidence pointing to a link between alcohol drinking and cancer. There is also evidence to suggest that people who have been diagnosed with cancer continue to behave in a way which is risky to their health...
