• Numerous categories of ionizing radiation, chemicals and mixtures, occupational exposures, metals, dust and fibers have been linked to occurrence of lung cancer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Describe the impact of occupational exposures on adult asthma prevalence. (cdc.gov)
  • Occupational Exposures in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease. (ucsf.edu)
  • We found a high incidence (81%) of ever smoking in patients with DIP and 22% of patients had other (occupational) exposures. (ersjournals.com)
  • Conclusion DIP remains an uncommon disease, frequently but not always related to smoking or other exposures. (ersjournals.com)
  • 2 Smoking accounts for about 75% of cases, 3 but environmental exposures to tobacco smoke and other pollutants such as biomass fuels and occupational exposures may account for the remaining cases. (bmj.com)
  • No consistent evidence was seen for the correlation of occupational exposures with HAA progression over the follow-up period. (rtmagazine.com)
  • 15% of the cases of COPD in the United States can be attributed to occupational exposure, including exposure to silica and coal dust. (wikipedia.org)
  • Preventable CRDs include asthma and respiratory allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occupational lung diseases, cancer, sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension. (who.int)
  • The primary cause of COPD is tobacco smoke. (who.int)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive life-threatening lung disease that causes breathlessness (initially with exertion) and predisposes to exacerbations and serious illness. (who.int)
  • The primary cause of COPD is exposure to tobacco smoke (either active smoking or second-hand smoke). (who.int)
  • Also, the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases, like COPD, occupational lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension and allergic asthma rhinitis, is increasing at an alarming rate due to tobacco smoking, biomass fuel air pollution and high exposure to dust. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) describes difficulty breathing due to an airflow obstruction in the lungs in persons with emphysema or chronic bronchitis. (ms.gov)
  • According to the American Lung Association of Mississippi (ALAM), COPD is the fourth leading cause of death behind cardiovascular disease, cancers and stroke. (ms.gov)
  • Although COPD is treatable, there is no cure for the disease. (ms.gov)
  • Long-term tobacco use is the most common cause of COPD, accounting for 80-90 percent of all cases. (ms.gov)
  • Definition: COPD is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. (bartleby.com)
  • Pipe, cigar, and other types of tobacco smoke also can cause COPD, especially if the smoke is inhaled. (bartleby.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is in the top five principal cause of death in the U.S. The disease is an abnormal inflammatory reaction in the lungs with limited airflow. (bartleby.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease that causes a feeling that it is difficult to breathe air in because of airway collapse, causing air trapping. (aapmr.org)
  • In the US, tobacco smoking is the greatest risk factor for COPD, but occupational exposure to toxic dust, fumes and allergens as well as poor air quality in the home can be contributing factors. (aapmr.org)
  • By 2004 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was claimed to be the fourth most important cause of death worldwide, 1 and its global prevalence and mortality are on the increase. (bmj.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth most common cause of death worldwide. (bmj.com)
  • This study provides estimates of the national prevalence of COPD in England, the extent of under-detection of the disorder, and patterns of cigarette smoking, dependence, and motivation to stop smoking in those with the disease. (bmj.com)
  • Even among people with severe or very severe COPD by spirometric assessment, only 46.8% (95% CI 39.1 to 54.6) reported any diagnosed respiratory disease. (bmj.com)
  • A total of 34.9% (95% CI 32.1 to 37.8) of people with spirometry-defined COPD were smokers compared with 22.4% (95% CI 21.4 to 23.4) of those without, and smoking prevalence increased with disease severity. (bmj.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major contributor to global mortality and morbidity and its worldwide prevalence is predicted to increase further. (bmj.com)
  • 1 There are currently an estimated 900 000 people diagnosed with COPD in the UK, 2 and each year nearly 30 000 people die from the disease in England and Wales. (bmj.com)
  • 3 However, little is known about the true prevalence of COPD and estimates based on non-UK studies or UK studies with small samples suggest that this disease remains largely undiagnosed. (bmj.com)
  • COPD is a disease with a prevalence of 10% and is increasing with age. (ki.se)
  • However, the region poses as one of the most potential markets given the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases especially in the newborn. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • Avoidance of exposure to tobacco leaves is the best prevention. (medscape.com)
  • Epidemiology, and the findings should be factored into clinical decision making and program design for disease prevention, screening, and treatment. (who.int)
  • 3. Goal of the WHO strategy against CRDs is for Prevention and Control of to support Member States in their efforts to Chronic Respiratory Diseases reduce the toll of morbidity, disability and (CRDs)1 that was drafted after the expert consultation premature mortality related to chronic held in January 20012. (who.int)
  • 6 media initiatives from around the world have been recognized for their good practices and innovative approach in promoting occupational safety and health (OSH) in this year's International Media Festival for Prevention (IMFP) awards. (europa.eu)
  • Guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (CDC/NIH/IDSA) emphasize early HIV detection and the supervised administration of ART to maintain cellular immunity before reaching advanced stages of disease. (medscape.com)
  • Technical expertise is provided by agencies such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). (secnewgate.eu)
  • Asthma is a respiratory disease that can begin or worsen due to exposure at work and is characterized by episodic narrowing of the respiratory tract. (wikipedia.org)
  • People who work in isocyanate manufacturing, who use latex gloves, or who work in an indoor office environment are at higher risk for occupational asthma than the average US worker. (wikipedia.org)
  • Approximately 2 million people in the US have occupational asthma. (wikipedia.org)
  • If you have asthma or are at risk for cardiovascular disease, The following American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 are vital measures to help you improve and maintain cardiovascular health. (dmc.org)
  • If you have asthma and have symptoms of cardiovascular disease, seek medical help to understand your condition. (dmc.org)
  • Lung diseases like cancer, emphysema, fibrosis, and asthma are almost all initiated or aggravated by the inhalation of particles and gases, says center director Joseph Brain, Drinker professor of environmental physiology. (harvardmagazine.com)
  • Dr. Nilesh has been teaching four masters courses, namely - Management of National Health Programmes, Health Management Information Systems, Epidemiology of Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Illness and Ecology and Health. (tiss.edu)
  • There are obvious gender differences both in the epidemiology and in the clinical presentation of the disease. (ki.se)
  • Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide except Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many cardiovascular diseases involving the blood vessels. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are also many cardiovascular diseases that involve the heart. (wikipedia.org)
  • With cardiovascular diseases becoming the leading cause of death in the region, it gained the governments' attention and the market is expected to grow over an anticipated CAGR of almost 8% through the forecasted period till 2027. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Tobacco use is the single most preventable risk factor for non communicable diseases (NCDs) like cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases, cancer and diabetes. (unfairtobacco.org)
  • GTS is a highly prevalent occupational illness among tobacco workers that results from nicotine poisoning through dermal absorption of nicotine during cultivation and harvesting. (cdc.gov)
  • While tobacco farm ers were generally knowledgeable about GTS, their explanatory models for this occupational illness often mis-identified its causes (heat and bending rather than nicotine) and minimized its seriousness. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions Occupational exposure to secondhand smoke, assessed by air nicotine, resulted in elevated concentrations of hair nicotine among non-smoking and smoking bar and nightclub employees. (bmj.com)
  • Avoid caffeine, tobacco or nicotine, alcohol and recreational drugs. (otconcept.com)
  • It was updated in 2013 to include four additional topics related to worksite health (lactation supports, occupational health and safety, vaccine preventable diseases and community resources) which were tested through CDC's National Healthy Worksite Program (NHWP). (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco smoking continues to be a major preventable cause of death and disease and therefore tobacco control research is extremely important. (mdpi.com)
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia on the job: Uncovering the past story of occupational exposure to metal fumes and dust. (ucsf.edu)
  • Cumulative occupational exposure to inorganic dust and fumes and invasive pneumococcal disease with pneumonia. (ucsf.edu)
  • Other risk factors include exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution and occupational dusts and fumes. (who.int)
  • Workers can be exposed to lead through inhalation of fumes and dusts, as well as through ingestion as a result of lead contaminated hands, food, drinks, cosmetics, tobacco products, and clothing. (cdc.gov)
  • Pneumoconiosis are occupational lung diseases that are caused due to accumulation of dust in the lungs and body's reaction to its presence. (wikipedia.org)
  • The limited data on occupational exposure suggests that the greatest risks for workers in the construction industry are likely to be from environmental dust and related air pollutants. (who.int)
  • In addition, smoking can potentiate the effects of tobacco dust. (medscape.com)
  • The main treatment strategy consists of removal of exposure to tobacco dust and molds, and the main aim of corticosteroid therapy is to reduce morbidity and prevent complications-namely, the development of pulmonary fibrosis and permanent lung dysfunction. (medscape.com)
  • Only in the disappearing Welsh slate industry has dust disease been at least as important as smoking. (bmj.com)
  • In the sixteenth century the ever insolent Paracelsus wrote a monograph on diseases of metalworkers, and the metallurgist and physician Georgius Agricola connected the injured lungs of Silesian miners to the dust they breathed, But the founder of investigation into occupational and environmental diseases is generally conceded to be the great Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini" (Simmons, Doctors and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today's Medicine , p. 123). (historyofinformation.com)
  • Farm er health beliefs about an occupational illness that affects farm workers: the case of green tobacco sickness. (cdc.gov)
  • Interventions to reduce occupational injury among farm workers must attend to the health beliefs of agricultur al employers as well as employees, as employers control many aspects of the work environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Occupational safety programs for Latino migrant and seasonal farm workers must also be conceptually based in health behavior change and health disparities theories. (cdc.gov)
  • We examine health beliefs of tobacco farm ers about green tobacco sickness (GTS) to show the importance of delineating employer beliefs in agricultur al safety. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 1900 respiratory disease has remained a constant serious cause of chronic ill health and premature death in Britain. (bmj.com)
  • While control of occupational exposure to respiratory hazards remains important, a far greater improvement to respiratory health would be produced by controlling tobacco smoking. (bmj.com)
  • Under that treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, China pledged to enact a national indoor smoking ban, a measure that both protects people from second-hand smoke, and, researchers say, makes smoking less socially acceptable. (worldcrunch.com)
  • China Tobacco leveraged its economic might and status as the government's tobacco regulator to undercut China's public health officials, while influencing actions across the government - including those taken by local officials like those in Chongqing, the investigation found. (worldcrunch.com)
  • He received his BA from Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont), where he first became interested in health and the environment, later training at the Harvard School of Public Health (in industrial hygiene), the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and Cook County Hospital (in a joint Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency). (ucsf.edu)
  • In 2011, he was elected as a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an international honorific society of occupational health leaders. (ucsf.edu)
  • New estimates of the burden of non-melanoma skin cancer - attributable to occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation - have just been released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). (europa.eu)
  • Local workers and employers learn about the fundamental principles of OSH along with information about the national occupational safety and health (OSH) system and legislation. (europa.eu)
  • In 1994 the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) published a study of risk assessment for heart disease and lung cancer resulting from workplace exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) among nonsmokers. (nih.gov)
  • This 1953 photograph was provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). (cdc.gov)
  • The most important instrument of implementation for goal 3 is the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). (unfairtobacco.org)
  • Background In the absence of comprehensive smoking bans in public places, bars and nightclubs have the highest concentrations of secondhand tobacco smoke, posing a serious health risk for workers in these venues. (bmj.com)
  • Learn the link between the lungs and heart disease and how you can improve your cardiovascular health. (dmc.org)
  • Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health. (tiss.edu)
  • The United States is facing an unparalleled health epidemic, driven largely by chronic diseases that are threatening American businesses' competitiveness because of lost productivity and unsustainable health care costs. (cdc.gov)
  • Cardiovascular disease costs the United States more than $329 billion each year, more than any other health condition. (cdc.gov)
  • Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are used to evaluate patients' respiratory health and diagnose lung diseases. (lung.org)
  • Your tax-deductible donation funds lung disease and lung cancer research, new treatments, lung health education, and more. (lung.org)
  • According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the odor threshold level is 4.68 ppm in air. (ohsonline.com)
  • Because these diseases are generally incurable, public-health measures, rather than treatment, are the best medicine. (harvardmagazine.com)
  • The major risk factors for chronic respiratory diseases include tobacco smoke and other forms of indoor air pollution, allergens, household chemicals and outdoor pollution. (who.int)
  • These diseases can be caused directly or due to immunological response to an exposure to a variety of dusts, chemicals, proteins or organisms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Загальні відомості про захворювання легень, пов'язані з факторами довкілля Environmental pulmonary diseases result from inhalation of dusts, allergens, chemicals, gases, or environmental pollutants. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a respiratory disease that can encompass chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung disease that is characterized by a persistent reduction of airflow. (who.int)
  • Performance of population specific job exposure matrices (JEMs): European collaborative analyses on occupational risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with job exposure matrices (ECOJEM). (123dok.net)
  • Age, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive lung disease, dysphagia, renal disease, functional status, use of immunosuppressive disease medications, and lifetime history of smoking of more than 100 cigarettes were other variables associated with hospitalization for pneumonia. (nih.gov)
  • Latino migrant and seasonal farm workers, like all agricultur al workers, experience high rates of occupational illness and injury. (cdc.gov)
  • Documenting and understanding the beliefs and knowledge of agricultur al employers is an important undertaking in our efforts to reduce occupational injury and illness among farm workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco worker's lung can affect workers exposed to tobacco leaves and molds in the humidified environment of the tobacco production industry. (medscape.com)
  • Cross-sectional study examining the accuracy of self-reported smoking status as compared to urinary cotinine levels among workers at risk for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in Guatemala. (cdc.gov)
  • Design: We evaluated self-reported smoking status against urinary cotinine levels, the gold standard biomarker of tobacco smoke exposure, among agricultural workers at four separate cross-sectional time points. (cdc.gov)
  • Colinet-Caplan Syndrome: History of an Outbreak of Autoimmune Disease in Scouring Powder Workers. (ucsf.edu)
  • Approximately 1,710 excess ischemic heart disease deaths per year would be expected among nonsmoking U.S. workers 35-69 years of age exposed to workplace ETS. (nih.gov)
  • Jon L. Gelman is nationally recognized as an author, lecturer and skilled trial attorney in the field of workers' compensation law and occupational/environmental disease litigation. (workerscompensation.com)
  • But before submitting workers compensation claims, Utah fire fighters must have been on the job for eight years and must have been tobacco free for eight years. (iaff.org)
  • The seventeenth chapter is devoted to tobacco workers" (Simmons, p. 125). (historyofinformation.com)
  • This revised edition was reprinted with a parallel English translation by Wilmer Cave Wright and published as De Morbis Artificum Bernardini Ramazzini Diseases of Workers (1940). (historyofinformation.com)
  • 13. Gawde N, Kurlikar P. Chronic disease risk factors among hotel workers. (tiss.edu)
  • Blue-collar workers are less likely to use proven tobacco cessation treatments compared to those of higher socioeconomic status (SES) [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While there is an understanding of factors that contribute to elevated tobacco use in blue-collar workers, little research has focused on cessation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The data available suggests that developing novel approaches of disseminating efficacious interventions may be effective in reducing tobacco-related disparities and cancer among blue-collar workers [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The U.S. National Occupational Exposure Survey (1981-1983) estimated that about 272,300 workers (143,000 women) were potentially exposed to benzene in the U.S. alone. (ohsonline.com)
  • In 1938, a study of benzene-exposed workers in the printing industry showed high levels of blood disease. (ohsonline.com)
  • Occupational lung diseases are work-related, lung conditions that have been caused or made worse by the materials a person is exposed to within the workplace. (wikipedia.org)
  • The present article considers different possible approaches to a risk assessment for heart disease among nonsmokers resulting from workplace ETS exposure, reviews the approach taken by OSHA in 1994, and suggests some modifications to that approach. (nih.gov)
  • Since 1994 the literature supporting an association between ETS exposure and heart disease among never smokers (sometimes including long-term former smokers) has been strengthened by new studies, including some studies that have specifically considered workplace exposure. (nih.gov)
  • A meta-analysis of eight relative risks (either rate ratios or odds ratios) for heart disease resulting from workplace ETS exposure, based on one reasonable selection of appropriate studies, yields a combined relative risk of 1.21 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.41). (nih.gov)
  • This relative risk, which is similar to that used by OSHA in 1994, yields an excess risk of death from heart disease by age 70 of 7 per 1000 (95% CI 0.001-0.013) resulting from ETS exposure in the workplace. (nih.gov)
  • A swift rise in the geriatric population, increasing patient inclination towards home monitoring, and growing incidences of chronic diseases are currently driving the market growth. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • The medical care costs of people with chronic diseases accounted for more than 90% of the nation's $3.3 trillion in medical care costs in 2009. (cdc.gov)
  • They generally include Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasma encephalitis, cryptococcal meningitis, cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, tuberculosis (TB), disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), or pneumococcal respiratory disease. (medscape.com)
  • The gram-positive, encapsulated bacterium causes a wide range of clinical disease syndromes in pigs and other domestic animals. (cdc.gov)
  • Lung biopsy is rarely required to confirm the diagnosis because diagnosis is primarily derived from a thorough occupational history, assessment of clinical features, and review of radiography results. (medscape.com)
  • healthy eating , exercise, avoidance of tobacco smoke and limiting alcohol intake. (wikipedia.org)
  • Businesses whose revenue primarily comes from alcohol, tobacco, or vapor product sales are not eligible to apply for certification per definitions smoking in public places and indoor workplaces act. (oklahoma.gov)
  • I am VG and if others are not it is their choice, the same for alcohol, tobacco, various drugs where everyone uses and consumes them or not. (econology.info)
  • The risk of death from diseases and injuries caused by alcohol, drugs and sexual habits varies significantly between different jobs and professions. (blogspot.com)
  • The study published in the scientific journal, Occupational Medicine, undertook an analysis of 1.6 million deaths over a 10-year period and found the rates of death from diseases and injuries related to alcohol, sexual habits and drugs were much higher in certain occupations. (blogspot.com)
  • Hence, it is important that countries adopt the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) and implement the MPOWER package of measures so that non-smoking becomes the norm globally. (who.int)
  • Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has been involved in complex litigation involving thousands of clients challenging the mega-industries of asbestos, tobacco, lead paint and burn pits. (workerscompensation.com)
  • Chrysotile (a serpentine fiber), crocidolite, and amosite (amphibole, or straight fibers) are the 3 main types of asbestos that cause disease. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The evidence is clear that all workplaces should be reassessed for benzene vapor to determine occupational exposure if the ACGIH TLV and STEL are reduced. (ohsonline.com)
  • Tobacco worker's lung usually involves inhalation of an antigen , particularly organic ones. (medscape.com)
  • Devices that limit inhalation of inciting antigens are recommended for those who must continue to work on tobacco farms. (medscape.com)
  • Although they are leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally, chronic respiratory diseases have received relatively little public attention. (who.int)
  • considerable importance as a cause of death and morbidity communicable chronic respiratory and this has in the past and diseases increases with Westernization . (who.int)
  • Studies have shown that there may be a genetic predisposition to hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which is postulated to play a major role in an individual's risk of disease. (medscape.com)
  • in particular, those at-risk for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu). (cdc.gov)
  • [3] Treating people who have strep throat with antibiotics can decrease the risk of rheumatic heart disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • Individuals who have schistosomiasis and sickle cell disease have an elevated risk of pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure within the lungs. (who.int)
  • Hemorheological risk factors of acute chest syndrome and painful vaso-occlusive crisis in children with sickle cell disease. (123dok.net)
  • Other risk factors for the disease include occupational hazards, heredity, and second-hand smoke. (ms.gov)
  • Risk of disease is generally related to the duration and intensity of exposure and the type, length, and thickness of inhaled fibers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However as control of these infectious diseases is hopefully achieved they will be replaced by a growing population of those with long term respiratory conditions which in many cases reflect current lifestyle changes. (who.int)
  • Introduction: Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are diseases of the airways and lung parenchyma. (who.int)
  • Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are diseases of such as age above 50years, being a smoker, being the respiratory airways and lung parenchyma. (who.int)
  • Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) affect the airways and other structures of the lungs altering how one can breathe. (who.int)
  • Globally, it is estimated that about 3 million deaths were caused by the disease in 2015 (that is, 5% of all deaths globally in that year). (who.int)
  • Different genes interact with particulate matter and tobacco smoke exposure in affecting lung function decline in the general population. (123dok.net)
  • Tobacco smoke is another source of benzene in the air, particularly indoors. (ohsonline.com)
  • Claimant contended it was due to tobacco smoke because employer allowed him to smoke at work. (sbhlegal.com)
  • The study will explore one explanation to chronic airway obstruction not caused by tobacco smoke. (ki.se)
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as constrictive bronchiolitis or obliterative bronchiolitis is a respiratory disease caused by injury to the smallest airways, called bronchioles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consensus statements on deployment-related respiratory disease, inclusive of constrictive bronchiolitis: A modified Delphi study. (ucsf.edu)
  • The greatest cancer risks for Qatari nationals may be lifestyle factors, particularly obesity, physical inactivity and tobacco use. (who.int)
  • 11. Gawde N, Quazi Syed Z. Determinants of Quit Attempts and Short-Term Abstinence among Smokers in India: Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2016-17. (tiss.edu)
  • This study aimed to characterize the common chronic respiratory diseases, along with their lung function and possible determinants in symptomatic patients attending clinics at Bishoftu General Hospital, Ethiopia. (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ Afin d'atteindre les objectifs de santé fixés par le pays pour 2011-2016, une analyse qualitative de l'exposition aux facteurs de risque de cancer au Qatar a été conduite en 2013. (who.int)
  • Les risques de cancer les plus élevés pour les Qatariens proviendraient de facteurs associés aux modes de vie, en particulier l'obésité, la sédentarité et le tabagisme. (who.int)
  • China has not banned the marketing of low-tar cigarettes as safer than other products (they aren't), and has failed to require that tobacco manufacturers disclose many of the cancer-causing toxins in their products. (worldcrunch.com)
  • For the current study funded by the National Cancer Institute (1R21CA152247-01A1), we have developed the Tobacco Tactics website which will be compared to the state supported 1-800-QUIT-NOW telephone line. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hence, this funded National Cancer Institute R21 for Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (1R21CA152247-01A1) is a randomized control trial (RCT) to test the Tobacco Tactics website intervention compared to the 1-800-QUIT-NOW quit line. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Muir and Kirk (1960) concluded from their observations that cancer of the mouth occurring in habitual chewers is due to tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L. , fam. (botanical-dermatology-database.info)
  • Medical treatment may be accompanied by physical and/or occupational therapy, weight loss program or special exercises. (fijidailypost.com)
  • As a result, race/ethnicity-based references perpetuate lung disease disparities. (lung.org)
  • Tobacco worker's lung (TWL) is one disease in the group of parenchymal lung diseases categorized as hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis . (medscape.com)