Smoking can be a real drag (pun intended), especially if someone you care about isn?t ready to quit. Since you haven?t brought the subject up to your boyfriend yet, you don't know how he will react ? so your first step may be to talk with him. Your concerns may be the final push he needs to help him quit! However, you may want to prepare yourself that he may choose to continue smoking. If this ...

The aim of this study was to examine whether there are social disparities in who receives questions and advice on smoking habits when visiting primary care and whether these disparities can be explained by differences in smoking habits. The study is based on 30,188 individuals aged 16-84 years who responded to a population survey questionnaire in 2012 in four counties in mid-Sweden (response ra...

THIS survey set out to investigate the smoking habits of a group of young women-student nurses whose smoking habits are of particular interest since they, more than anyone except the medical profession, have a formal knowledge of the potential hazards of cigarette smoking reinforced by exposure to the results. The aim of the research was to show how social factors, in particular occupational st...

Smoking is a significant cause of deaths that could be prevented. Active and passive smoking both contribute to the development of chronic diseases and increased mortality. The early initiation of smoking habits and constant exposure to tobacco products increase the relative risk factor in the occurrence of serious acute or chronic health disorders. In addition to the negative health effects, s...

Objective: Our objective was to asses the prevalence of smoking in various cities of Pakistan Methods: To asses the prevalence of smoking a questionnaire was used. Results: Mean age of population studied was 47.62± 13.22 years. Prevalence of smoking was 56.3%. Higher socioeconomic status has positive effect on smoking habits and no effect of paternal smoking on offspring smoking habits. Conclus...

We investigated the relationship between augmentation index (AI) and smoking habits in community-dwelling Japanese.This cross-sectional study enrolled 1926 subjects (769 males and 1157 females) aged 40 to 95 years who underwent a health check-up in a Japanese cohort of the Seven Countries Study, in Tanushimaru, a typical farming town in Kyushu Island in 2009. The subjects' medical history, alco...

Potential risk factors for snoring were studied in a population of 457 middle-aged men. Eversnoring was reported by 60% of the men and snoring with an age of onset before or equal to 20 years by 13%. Eversnoring was significantly related to older age, higher body mass index and smoking habits. Alcohol consumption, estimated by questionnaire and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase was unrelated to a h...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the socioeconomic differences in health-related behaviours in Japan. The present study was performed to elucidate the effects of individual and regional socioeconomic factors on selected health risk behaviours among Japanese adults, with a particular focus on regional variations. METHODS In a nationally representative sample aged 25 to 59 years old (20,030 men...

Alcohol consumption is an important public health issue in Japan due to its association with numerous side effects. Recent studies find that financial literacy helps people abstain from risky behaviors such as smoking, lack of exercise, and gambling. This study investigates how literacy, a rational decision-making instrument, associated alcohol behavior Japan. Using data the Preference Paramete...