tobacco

Smartphone Ownership among US Adult Cigarette Smokers

Scientific article

31 August 2017

ABSTRACT Background: Despite increasing interest in smartphone apps as a platform for delivery of tobacco cessation interventions, no previous studies have evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of smokers who can access smartphone...

Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations

Book

The book “Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations” is the main result of the TOB.g partnership, coordinated by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention and consisted of four partners and specifically ENSP, CMT...

Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal

Scientific article

6 June 2017

Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...

Webinar: U.S. Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Health Disparities

8 August 2017

Webinar

United States

August 8, 2017 (2 - 3 p.m. ET)

This webinar will provide an overview of the R01 and R21 funding opportunity announcements (FOA), U.S. Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Health Disparities PAR-17-217 (R01) and PAR-17-218 (R21).

Factors Associated with Nicotine Dependence during Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Scientific article

1 July 2017

Abstract Objectives: Smoking is associated with adverse health outcomes among drug users, including those in treatment. To date, however, there has been little evidence about smoking patterns among people receiving opioid-dependence...

Contrasting Trends of Smoking Cessation Status

Scientific article

1 June 2017

Abstract Objective The World Health Organization recommends that smokers be offered help to quit. A better understanding of smokers’ interest in and commitment to quitting could guide tobacco control efforts. We assessed temporal...

Tobacco Use in Top-Grossing Movies — United States, 2010–2016

Scientific article

7 July 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? The Surgeon General has concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and the initiation of smoking among young persons. The more frequently youths...

Tobacco and the Emergence of E-Cigarettes: Addressing the Unmet Needs in Mental Health

21 June 2017

Webinar

United States

Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and disproportionately affects people with mental illness. E-cigarette use is increasing in the United States and people with mental illness are reporting use that is greater than the general population. Psychiatrists are being faced with questions about use and risks regularly or are often unsure what to recommend to patients.

Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Smoking Susceptibility Among Youth

Scientific article

30 May 2017

There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...

Technology and Smoking Cessation: Are Personalised Emails Effective for Would-be Quitters?

Scientific article

30 May 2017

A new American Cancer Society study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggests that regularly receiving personalised emails with tips for quitting amongst other information could be as effective at reducing the rate of smoking as...