BACKGROUND Smoking of cigarettes and, particularly, of "bidis" (which consist of about 0.2-0.3 gm of tobacco rolled up in the leaf of another plant (temburni) has been widespread for many decades among men in India. There have, however, been no substantial studies on the prevalence of tobacco use among youth in India. Hence a Global Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted in schools in Tamil Nadu as...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the present study was to evaluate how effective tobacco tax increase has been in increasing price of tobacco products and reducing tobacco consumption in the Gambia. In addition, it tests the hypothesis that tobacco tax revenue grows while tobacco consumption decreases as a result of tax and price increase. SETTING The study is designed at the macroeconomic level t...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is a major cause of chronic disease, disability and death among military personnel and veterans. However, civilian public health and tobacco control advocates have been relatively silent on the issue. Research on the tobacco industry shows a long history of interference in military tobacco policy through relationships with the United States (US) Congress. The military can...

Social media is becoming a new battlefield for tobacco "wars". Evaluating the current situation is very crucial for the advocacy of tobacco control in the age of social media. To reveal the impact of tobacco-related user-generated content, this paper characterizes user interaction and social influence utilizing social network analysis and information theoretic approaches. Our empirical studies ...

Abstract Tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) is an economic crop and a model organism for studies of plant biology genetics. As allotetraploid generated from interspecific hybridization, tobacco has massive genome (4.5 Gb). Recently, genetic map with 45,081 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers was constructed using whole-genome sequencing data population including 274 individuals. This prov...

Smokeless tobacco is used orally or nasally without burning tobacco. This is equally harmful as smokers due to the tobacco content and can cause oral cancer as well as systemic effects such as nicotinic dependence. Many other oral conditions have also been reported in association with smokeless tobacco. This paper presents features of tobacco pouch keratosis and aims to highlight the oral effec...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness combination tobacco leaf extract (Nicotiana tabacum) and green binahong (Anredera cordifolia steenis) against myiasis. used in vitro method for testing, while obtained using immersion method. This research conducted a completely randomized design (CRD) with one-way pattern (One Way ANNOVA) 6 treatments 4 replications. test uses fresh ...

After ratifying the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 2004, Bangladesh enacted anti-tobacco laws, policies, and administrative measures. Evidence suggests that progress so far has not been significant, will most likely fail to meet its target become tobacco-free by 2040. This study undertakes a national-level political economy analysis explore dynamics affect processes of required tob...

tobacco is a salt-sensitive glycophyte crop species. in this work effect of silicone (si) supplementation (1 mm as na2sio3) was studied in nicotiana rustica l. cv. basmas grown hydroponically in growth chamber under control, low (25 mm) and high (75 mm) nacl concentration for two weeks. dry matter production of leaves was depressed by salinity level as low as 25 mm and higher salt concentration...