Sentences with phrase «tobacco consumption among»

That is why, in spite of the encouraging results of this research, the conclusion is that «the most effective method of preventing lung cancer is still the reduction of tobacco consumption among the population».

A polymorphism (rs1051730) in proximity to the cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 3 (CHRNA3) gene is associated with higher tobacco consumption among smokers and can therefore be used as a genetic proxy for high tobacco consumption.

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The primary reasons these teens admitted to using e-cigarettes were expeditious consumption and easy concealment, high social approval among peers, beliefs that e-cigarettes are healthier as well as more aesthetically pleasing compared to tobacco cigarettes, and a safe high.

Although coffee consumption was inversely associated with diabetes, it was also positively associated with a number of behaviors that are considered unhealthy and are associated with an increased risk of death, such as tobacco smoking, 35 consumption of red meat, 36 and heavy alcohol use.37 Tobacco smoking was the strongest confounder in the multivariate analysis, and the inverse association between coffee consumption and mortality tended to be stronger among persons who had never smoked or were former smokers than among those who were current smokers, suggesting that residual confounding by smoking status, if present, attenuated the inverse associations between coffee drinking and mortality in our study.

Wikipedia: Prevalence of tobacco consumption In Western countries, smoking is more prevalent among populations with mental health problems, with alcohol and drug problems, among criminals, and among the homeless... Of the 1.22 billion smokers, 1 billion of them live in developing or transitional economies.