INTRODUCTION Efforts to disrupt tobacco sales to minors through age of sale restrictions can contribute to reductions in youth tobacco use. The objective of this study was to assess attitudes toward raising the minimum tobacco age of sale to 21 years among U.S. adults. METHODS Data from the 2014 Summer Styles, an Internet survey of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years (N=4,219), were analyzed in 2014. ...

BACKGROUND Much of the literature on smoking behaviours has focused on adult populations and, more recently, on children and adolescents. A very small body of work has begun to emerge on smoking behaviours among post-secondary students. METHODS Using the 1994-95 National Population Health Survey, we examined smoking prevalence, age of smoking initiation, and smoking cessation behaviours of po...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of tobacco smoking, and understand the attitude, practice, and knowledge among medical students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2009 to May 2010. An anonymous, self-administered, Global Adult Tobacco Survey based questionnaire was completed by the students attending the main Medical College of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah...

BACKGROUND Despite the tremendous economic and health costs imposed on China by tobacco use, China lacks a proactive and systematic tobacco control surveillance and evaluation system, hampering research progress on tobacco-focused surveillance and evaluation studies. METHODS This paper uses online search query analyses to investigate changes in online search behavior among Chinese Internet us...

Primary prevention is usually regarded as the most desirable goal in efforts to control tobacco-related diseases. However, this has not been very effective so far; moreover, it would take 30-40 yrs for primary prevention to translate into major health benefits. Modification of tobacco products and/or reduction of tobacco use may also have some impact on tobacco-related diseases. A tobacco dose-...

INTRODUCTION The isolated island nation of Madagascar has substantial prevalence of both smoking and smokeless tobacco use, although not of dual use. Madagascar's tobacco market, much like its historical and cultural underpinnings, appears to have both Asian and African influences. Additionally, it has a unique market structure that plays an important role in influencing patterns of tobacco use...

BACKGROUND Since 1996, the tobacco industry has used the 16 Cities Study conclusions that workplace secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposures are lower than home exposures to argue that workplace and other smoking restrictions are unnecessary. OBJECTIVES Our goal was to determine the origins and objectives of the 16 Cities Study through analysis of internal tobacco industry documents and regul...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Much of the epidemiologic research on tobacco focuses on smoking, especially cigarette smoking, but little attention on smokeless tobacco (SLT). METHODS Using data from the Republic of Congo Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) of 2006, we estimated the prevalence of SLT use among in-school adolescents. We also assesse...

Several developing and developed countries are experiencing an epidemic in diseases caused by cigarette smoking and tobacco use. Despite numerous smoke free initiatives and governmental tobacco-control policies, tobacco consumption still remains excessively prevalent. In addition to the damaging impact on general health, smoking also has an effect on oral health. Epidemiological studies have cl...