Matt Mernagh's Marijuana Smoker's Guidebook is the ultimate field guide for marijuana. Featuring 180 commercially-available cannabis strains from across the world, this book shows and tells you how to identify and enjoy the buds you've got, the buds you want and the buds you mig…
Tobacco use is the greatest threat to public health worldwide, killing more than seven million people annually. Globally, people with schizophrenia smoke disproportionately more than the general population and those with other mental illnesses. Consequently, they carry the burde…
Tobacco addiction is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide and places a heavy social and financial burden on society. There exists a substantial genetic variability in smoking behavior, the mechanisms of which are largely unknown. Despite significant advances in sequenc…
There is increasing evidence that psychological stress and associated mood disorders are linked with, and can adversely affect the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Stress is perceived to be relieved by smokers, and this, like a lack of knowledge about its adverse effe…
Background: Cigarette smoking is a leading preventable factor associated with complications in pregnancy including preterm birth and low birthweight. Past interventions have raised cessation rates by approximately 6% overall (Lumley et al. 2009). Methods: A three-part literature…
The thesis investigated nicotine levels and their effects on hypertensive subjects and whether aspirin could be used in the treatment of hypertension to bring about not only an anti thrombotic effect but reduce the systemic blood pressure especially in those individuals who smok…
The aim of this thesis is to explore methods to incorporate external effects on decision making of public health programmes in a UK setting, using smoking cessation as an example. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) methodological guidance for evalua…
Background: Inflammation is the natural reaction of the body to an antigen. In some conditions, this reaction continues even after the elimination of the antigen, entering a chronic stage; it targets normal cells of the body and causes extensive damage. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
For over a century, Italy has had a love affair with the cigarette. Perhaps no consumer item better symbolizes the economic, political, social, and cultural dimensions of contemporary Italian history. Starting around 1900, the new and popular cigarette spread down the social hie…
"For over a century, Italy has had a love affair with the cigarette. Perhaps no consumer item better symbolizes the economic, political, social, and cultural dimensions of contemporary Italian history. Starting around 1900, the new and popular cigarette spread down the social hi…
A Esclerose Lateral Amiotrofica (ELA) é uma doença neurodegenerativa rara que envolve principalmente os neurónios motores (diretamente associados a movimentos voluntários). Atualmente, não existe cura para a ELA, aproximadamente 50% dos pacientes com ELA morrem dentro de 30 mese…
This dissertation is situated in the context of what knowledge counts in health and tobacco control regulation in Nigeria. The use of critical realism and critical ethnography is to highlight the responses of smokers and public health professionals in Nigeria and identify the co…
Uruguay has some of the strictest tobacco-control laws in Latin America. Despite this, youth smoking rates in Uruguay are amongst the highest in South America. Thus, it is important to identify strategies to prevent youth smoking in Uruguay. The current qualitative research stud…
Both in developed and developing countries cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death among adult. The risk factor profile for CVD, specifically for coronary heart diseases (CHD) for the young and for the older people is not always similar. Risk factors may als…
Peer and parental influences are important predictive variables for smoking initiation in adolescence. No research exists addressing the relationships between these variables in Pakistani adolescents. Based on social learning theory and protection motivation theory, the present …
Indonesia is a populous, diverse country that has not been well studied in terms of health. This analysis addresses that knowledge gap in three aims by first, estimating the number deaths in Indonesia by province, year, age, and sex; second, developing a cause list based on caus…