Cigarette smoking in pregnancy was the single most important preventable factor identified when determinants of birth weight were studied in 375 pregnancies. Current professional intervention was not effective in reducing cigarette consumption in pregnancy in these mothers in Londonderry, of whom only 19 (5%) became ex-smokers. Present health education, which emphasises impaired fetal growth an...

smoking is known as a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and hence immediate and effective interventions are required for its elimination. this study aimed to collect valid data with regard to cigarette smoking in adult population of north of iran for policy making by a meta-analysis of the documents of national non-communicable disease risk factors surveillance system....

The aim was to explore the prevalence and the correlates of smoking in a group of Turkish university students. A sample of 1,870 students (21.2 +/- 2.0 years old) completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index, 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Smoking was highly prevalent (35.9%) in this sample. Male gender (OR = 2.72, CI 2.15-3.44), and parental s...

The habit of smoking in Indonesia was found to have started since childhood. According the 2018 Riskesdas, percentage behavior school-age adolescents (age 10-18) recorded at 9.1 percent, an increase from which 7.2 percent. WHO also explained that 30% world's population who smoke are teenagers. purpose this community service is adolescent knowledge about dangers and change towards a healthy life...

From the many epidemiological and clinical studies we have looked at there is considerable evidence supporting a positive association between smoking and periodontal disease. In conclusion therefore we can see that smoking can cause a number of changes within the periodontium which can predispose an individual to the progression of periodontal disease. Both the frequency and severity of periodo...

T he practicing physician can no more ignore the smoking habits of his patients than he can avoid the process of diagnosing the illness that brings that patient to him. Even if there were no associations, causal or contributory, between smoking and disease, the average practitioner would find that over half (51.0 per cent) of his men patients and one-third (33.2 per cent) of his women patients ...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Smoking during pregnancy can cause several maternal and neonatal health risks, yet a considerable number of pregnant women continue to smoke. The objectives of this study were to test the factorial structure, validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the Modified Reasons for Smoking Scale (MRSS) in a sample of smoking pregnant women and to understand reason...

Among the 347 physicians surveyed, 58% of the male physicians and 18.8% of the female physicians were current cigarette smokers; 54.4% of the male and 70.4% of the female physicians often or always provided smoking cessation counseling for patients; 37.5% of the physicians thought that for a Chinese smoker, cigarette smoking served as a social lubricant; 31.5% thought it a habit; 21.7% thought ...

background: because of the increasing usage of waterpipe globally, we need to know more about the diff erent factors related to waterpipe and cigarette smoking. th erefore, the present study aims at gaining more insight on waterpipe and cigarette smoking based on perceived parental reaction and appeal and repellent of smoking among adolescents. materials and methods: a cross-sectional survey en...