background: this study aimed to assess the burden of household smoking habits on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms among young adolescents in malaysia. methodology: the impact of secondhand smoke (shs) exposures on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms was investigated on 234 adolescents (13-14 years old) residing in two states in malaysia. adolescents completed a self-administered questi...

This is the first description of smoking prevalence among Swaziland's schoolchildren, their teachers and their parents. It is interesting that the number of cigarettes smoked among schoolchildren is similar to that smoked among teachers. Tobacco prevalence rates now need to be monitored over time (say every 5 years) to measure the effectiveness of anti-tobacco IIleasures. It is recommended that...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the role of household conditions for the progression to diabetes in women with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 461 women, aged 50-64 years, with IGT defined by an oral glucose tolerance test, had baseline advice on physical exercise, diet, smoking, and alcohol habits. Physical examination, blood tests, ...

BACKGROUND Periodic monitoring of tobacco smoking in the population is of public health interest. OBJECTIVES To compare the prevalence of smoking habits and attitudes toward tobacco smoking from a sample of residents of the City of Sao Paulo, in 1987 and 2002. METHODS Two random sampling household surveys were carried out among residents of the City of Sao Paulo, in 1987 and 2002, respectiv...

OBJECTIVES Antibacterial prescribing is driving antibiotic resistance. We aimed to analyse whether smoking habits are associated with susceptibility to be prescribed antibacterials in primary care and to examine whether patients' smoking habits influence physicians' choice of therapy. METHODS Information on smoking habits from health surveys in 1985-99 was related to use of antibacterials 5-2...

The smoking habits of 202 patients presenting with sarcoidosis, as recorded in the clinical case records, were compared with figures from the General Household Surveys (GHS) to determine whether there was any association between smoking habit and sarcoidosis. In 19 there was no record of smoking habit. Of the remaining 183 patients, 40 (21.9%) were smokers, which was significantly less than exp...

The literature is inconsistent regarding associations between parental smoking and childhood leukemia, possibly because previous studies used self-reported smoking habits as surrogates for children's true exposures to cigarette smoke. Here, the authors investigated the use of nicotine concentrations in house dust as measures of children's exposure to cigarette smoke in 469 households from the N...

The literature is inconsistent regarding associations between parental smoking and childhood leukemia, possibly because previous studies used self-reported smoking habits as surrogates for children’s true exposures to cigarette smoke. Here, the authors investigated the use of nicotine concentrations in house dust as measures of children’s exposure to cigarette smoke in 469 households from the N...