The adverse health effects of tobacco and alcohol are well known. Alcohol consumption is increasing in Sri Lanka, but few population studies have been conducted. The objective of this study was to document tobacco and alcohol consumption levels among adults in southern Sri Lanka and to identify the main reasons for using or refraining from alcohol and tobacco products. Tobacco and alcohol use w...

background: the oral health condition and lifestyle in term of tobacco use and alcohol consumption of custodian of prisons have been left unstudied. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco use, alcohol consumption and self-rated oral health among nigerian prison officials. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among prison officials working in abuja, nas...

Taxation of tobacco is a widely-used strategy that prompts smoking cessation among adults and reduces cigarette consumption among continuing smokers. Registered Indian tobacco use prevalence is at least double that of the rest of Canadians and is in part due to the lower cost of tobacco products purchased on reserve by Registered Indians (RIs) as they are tax exempt. Although registered Indian ...

Objective—To describe the waste produced by and environmental implications of individual cigarette consumption (filter tips, packages, and cartons) and tobacco manufacturing. Study selection—All available articles and reports published since 1970 related to cigarette consumption and production waste were reviewed. Data sources—Global cigarette consumption data were used to estimate cigarette bu...

objective: infertility is an important social concern. environmental factors such as smoking and tobacco consumption can affect sperm and follicular function and infertility. smoke cessation reduces its complications and makes infertility treatment more effective which motivates and encourages infertile smokers to consider quitting. the aim of current study was to assess brief smoking cessation...

OBJECTIVE To describe the waste produced by and environmental implications of individual cigarette consumption (filter tips, packages, and cartons) and tobacco manufacturing. STUDY SELECTION All available articles and reports published since 1970 related to cigarette consumption and production waste were reviewed. DATA SOURCES Global cigarette consumption data were used to estimate cigarett...

BACKGROUND Little is known about electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among Chinese adolescents. We examined the prevalence of current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use and its associated factors in a large sample of adolescents in Hong Kong. METHODS We analyzed data of the School-based Survey on Smoking among Students 2012/13 from a representative sample of 45,857 secondary school students (me...

OBJECTIVE Raising the price of tobacco products is considered one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use. In addition to excise taxes, governments are exploring other policies to raise tobacco prices and minimise price dispersion, both within and across price tiers. We conducted a systematic review to determine how these policies are described, recommended and evaluated in the literat...

in order to study the effect of methanol on growth and yield of virginia tobacco varieties cocker 347, an experiment was carried out through a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with 4 replications and 18 treatments. first treatment was spraying time which includes 3 levels, sprayed in the morning (8-10 hours) and noon (12-14 hours) and evening (17-19 hours) and the second...