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Aim. To assess the association of smoking status and smoking intensity with general and abdominal obesity in a sample of middle-a ged men.Material and methods. This study was conducted as a part of the 32-year prospective cohort observation of males from childhood (11-12 years of age). The study inc...

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Introduction. Tobacco smoking is one of the main and independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease developing. Despite the fact that the main effects of tobacco use on human health are well known, the annual number of smokers on the planet is still growing. The aim of the study was to study th...

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The prevalence of smoking in the Russian Federation is 27.7%. Losses of potential years of life in working age associated with premature death due to smoking in Russia on average are 9 years for men, for women – 5.6 years. Tobacco use is a risk factor for 6 of 8 main causes of death in the world: is...

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Objective: In our study, the aim is to investigate the impact of nicotine dependence level, smoking habits, and the desire to quit smoking on sleep quality, as well as their relationship with anxiety and depression levels. Methods: The study is a prospective case control research. Two hundred twent...

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Background: The percentage of adolescent smokers is increasing; however, survey results indicate that many adolescent smokers express a desire to quit. Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effects of risk perception, smoking fatwa knowledge, and smoking behavior on the intention to quit smoki...

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Te aim of the study was to explore the prevalence of quitting smoking during pregnancy and to determine factors associated with the latter. We used data from Murmansk County Birth registry from 2006 to 2011. Chi-squared tests and logistic regression were applied. We found that one-fourth smoking bef...

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The immediate and remote benefits of smoking cessation are considered. Within one year after quitting smoking the ischemic heart disease (IHD) risk will be 2 folds lower than the risk in smoking patient. Within 15 years the IHD risk declines to non-smoking population level. After 5-15 years after qu...

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The work is devoted to study of features of the status of smoking in patients with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Degree of nicotine addiction, types of smoking behavior in various age groups of patients are determined. The interrelation at sick HOBL between motivation to refusal...

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Aim. Evaluation of the association of smoking (status, intensity and duration) with indicators of the structure and function of the left ventricle of the heart in a sample of middle-aged men.Material and methods. This study is part of a 32-year prospective cohort observation of men from childhood (1...

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Introduction A retrospective cohort study was conducted to study the association between smoking and hyperuricemia (HUA). Methods By collecting and analyzing clinical data of 3196 patients with undiagnosed HUA at baseline in Dalian Municipal Central Hospital of China between 1 January 2010 and 1 Ja...

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Aim. To evaluate the features of local and systemic im­munity in smokers of different age groups.Materials and Methods. Here we collected venous blood and oropha­ryngeal swabs from conditionally healthy men. A total of 59 participants were included: 20 individuals aged 18-25 years and 39 individuals...

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The review describes the combination of hypertension (HTN) and smoking in the same person. The prevalence of this combination in the Russian population is high due to the widespread prevalence of both HTN and smoking. There are following unidirectional negative impact of both factors on vascular sys...

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Aim. To study the effect of smoking and smoking cessation on the cardiovascular and all-cause death risk in a long-term 34-year cohort prospective study.Material and methods. In 1988-1991, 1546 people (630 men and 916 women) aged 20-59 years were examined. Over 34-year follow-up, 556 deaths occurred...

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The review summarizes the current data on the relationship of tobacco smoking, e-cigarette use and the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19. The socio-demographic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 and associated diseases, which indicate a possible relationship between smoking and the disease...

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Tobacco smoking is a significant behavioral modifiable risk factor (RF) for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD). As numerous studies show, in all countries, smoking is associated with significant economic damage (ED).Aim. To evaluate ED of tobacco smoking in 2016, in the Russ...

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ObjectiveThis study aims to compare the trends of tobacco prevalence and secondhand smoke exposure in Rizhao, China, before and after the lockdown, and to analyze the changes in residents’ awareness of smoking-related diseases.MethodTwo cross-sectional surveys on tobacco prevalence and secondhand sm...

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Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the rate of smoking in patients who suffered from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) graft rupture. It was hypothesised that there would be no difference in the ACLR graft rupture rates between smokers and non‐smokers. Metho...

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Vascular reactivity and heart rate variability (HRV) were assessed in smoking adolescents at rest and during physical stress test. In total, 75 adolescents aged 16-18 years, were examined: 45 smokers and 30 healthy, physically active non-smokers. In all participants, vascular parameters were assesse...

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