All Resources for 'Public Health'

Sexual Minority Youth Continue to Smoke Cigarettes Earlier and More Often Than Heterosexuals: Findings from Population-Based Data

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

Research carried out in North America has highlighted differences in youth smoking habits for individuals who identify as heterosexual and those who identify as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB). 

The study builds on historical evidence to...

Who smoke in a general hospital? Clinical comment

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Statistics

OVERVIEW

Justification and objective: Tobacco consumption is a public health problem. There is a group of workers who smoke in hospitals, it must be investigated who are smokers.

Method: A survey was conducted with closed questions 659...

Annual Total Binge Drinks Consumed by U.S. Adults, 2015

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

Introduction

Binge drinking (four or more drinks for women, five or more drinks for men on an occasion) accounts for more than half of the 88,000 U.S. deaths resulting from excessive drinking annually. Adult binge drinkers do so frequently...

Health Effects of Exposure to Second- and Third-Hand Marijuana Smoke: A Systematic Review

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Public Health

Abstract

Background: Recreational marijuana has been legalized in 11 jurisdictions; Canada will legalize marijuana by July 2018. With this changing landscape, there is a need to understand the public health risks associated with marijuana...

How Collegiate Fraternity and Sorority Involvement Relates to Substance Use during Young Adulthood and Substance Use Disorders in Early Midlife

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Scientific article
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Public Health

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Purpose

To assess how social fraternity involvement (i.e., membership and residence) in college relates to substance use behaviors and substance use disorder symptoms during young adulthood and early midlife in a national sample...

Cost‐Effectiveness of Alternative Smoking Cessation Scenarios in Spain

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy

Abstract

Aims

To assess the cost‐effectiveness of alternative smoking cessation scenarios from the perspective of the Spanish National Health Service (NHS).

Design

We used the European study on Quantifying Utility of Investment in...

Tratamiento de tabaquismo intenso después de un infarto agudo de miocardio

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

Resumen

El tabaquismo es una enfermedad crónica que afecta a una quinta parte de nuestra población. No obstante, la mayoría de los fumadores no busca tratamiento de su enfermedad ni la considera tal. Algunos pacientes logran controlar la...