background: previous researches about the effect of smoking on semen quality are contradictory, and the mechanism behind the harmful effect of smoking on semen quality still remains unclear until today. objective: the objectives of this study are evaluation of the relationship between smoking and fertility, investigation of the effects of cigarette smoking on sperm parameters and detection of p...

aim: identification of contributory factors in smoking and gaining insight into the roles played by each of these factors including health literacy (hl) may account for quitting or decreasing the prevalence of smoking. the aim of the current study was to identify the effects caused by different hl levels on smoking.methods: 347 students inhabiting the dormitories of shahid beheshti university o...

Introduction: Fasting during Ramadan provides an opportunistic setting for smoking cessation intervention. Smokers find it easy to cease smoking during Ramadan due to the religion, cultural and environmental influences. This study aims to determine the changes in smoking behaviour during Ramadan among Malay Muslim male students who were current smokers. Methods: This is cross sectional study us...

  Background: Cigarette smoking has been linked with the suppression of immune responses and increased susceptibility to numerous infections in humans. Tetanus is also a major public health problem in many countries. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the serum levels of anti-tetanus toxin antibodies in c igarette smoking and healthy non-smoking people .   Materials and M...

Background: The relationship between becoming a smoker and having smoker parents, siblings, and relatives is still uncovered in India. The influences of a smoking role model in a family on smoking habits of individuals are yet to be revealed. This study aimed to understand the relationship of smoking abuse of a person with smoking of their family members. Methods: This community-based cross-sec...

background: cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death worldwide. no systematic review is available on the situation of the smoking in iran, so we decided to provide an overview of the studies in the field of smoking in iranian populations. methods: published persian-language papers of all types until 2009 indexed in the iranmedex (http://www.iranmedex.com) and magiran (http://...

Background Exposure to cigarette smoke has numerous health risks for infants and children. Home smoking ban is a simple way to reduce the detrimental impacts of cigarette smoke. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking bans in homes as well as associated factors in families with infants in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods This study was a population-based cross-secti...

conclusions it seems that smoking cannot increase the prevalence of high risk hpv 16, 18 in saliva samples. results there were no high-risk types of virus in patients and no significant differences between the groups (p = 1). patients and methods a hundred healthy adult subjects were selected from zahedan dental school for this pilot study. dna was isolated from saliva samples and screened for ...