Smoking in young people with asthma

On Oral Health in Young People with Asthma

On Oral Health in Young People with Asthma Malin Stensson, Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 450, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Email: [email protected] Objective. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the oral health of young individuals with and without asthma. Material. In Study I, a group of 3(n=66) and 6-year-old...

Smoking and asthma in young people: evidence from postal questionnaire surveys in the Wythenshawe Community Asthma Project (WYCAP)

Community interventions for preventing smoking in young people.

BACKGROUND Decisions to smoke are made within a broad social context. Community interventions use co-ordinated, widespread, multi-component programmes to try and influence behaviour. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of community interventions in preventing the uptake of smoking in young people. SEARCH STRATEGY The Tobacco Addiction group specialised register, Medline and other heal...

Protecting young people from smoking imagery in films: whose responsibility?

places spreads to other countries. BMJ 2011;342:d617. 13. Hajek P, Stead LF, West R, et al. Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;(1):CD003999. 14. Richardson L, Hemsing N, Greaves L, et al. Preventing smoking in young people: a systematic review of the impact of access interventions. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2009;6:1485e514. 15. Stead LF...

Mass media interventions for preventing smoking in young people.

BACKGROUND Mass media interventions can be used as a way of delivering preventive health messages. They have the potential to reach and modify the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of a large proportion of the community. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of mass media interventions on preventing smoking in young people, and whether it can reduce smoking uptake among youth (under 25 years), im...