background: there are few articles studding the factors associated with successful smoking cessation in iranian smokers. the aim of this study is to clarify the association between socio‑demographic factors and smoking behavior, such as number of failed smoking cessation and duration of abstinence in iranian population. methods: a self‑administered questionnaire survey of 673 participants was c...

many factors affect tobacco quit rate. in this study we investigated the abstinence rate after 5 years based on the age of smoking initiation. this pre-post field trial study was conducted on 398 smokers who participated voluntarily in a smoking cessation clinic in 2005. they were followed for 5 years and their success or failure in continuous abstinence was evaluated and recorded in 2010. thre...

background: smoking has physical, psychological, and social impacts on women’s health and subsequently the community’s health. therefore, it is important to have an estimation of smoking among iranian women. since comprehensive data are not available in this respect, the authors performed a systematic review and metaanalyzed all high-quality studies in this field.   methods: all available elect...

background: adolescent tobacco use remains a major public health priority to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in community. the aim of this study was determining the association of the transitions in smoking stages with prevalence of cigarette smoking in the classes and schools in adolescents of tabriz city (northwest of iran). methods: fifty-six high schools were randomly selected, and 490...

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...

according to different geographical conditions, human health in different sub-regions of the world and cultural differences, the male factor infertility has heterogeneous causes in the world. this study was performed in an attempt to clarify the associated factors which might play a role in this respect in a group of iranian infertile men. this study was a cross - sectional, descriptive and ret...

aim: smoking is the first factor of diseases, and death, and one of the major health problems all over the world.the aim of this study was validating the persian version of short-form decisional balance scale to smoke cessation in iranian workers.method: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 218 workers from automobile manufactory in bam city (iran) in 2016 using convenient sampling.fi...

context the aim of this review was to examine evidences for the association between smoking and periodontal disease, to discuss possible biological mechanisms whereby smoking may adversely affect the periodontium, and to consider the effect of smoking on periodontal treatment. evidence acquisition a web-based search in pubmed and google scholar was performed to identify publications regarding t...

background the association between inflammatory markers and the combination of the smoking status plus a number of components of the metabolic syndrome was not fully evaluated in male japanese subjects. objectives to demonstrate the association between inflammatory markers and the number of components of the metabolic syndrome by considering smoking status. patients and methods a total of 3,017...