Decline of adolescent smoking in Ireland 1995–2015: trend analysis and associated factors by Shasha Li, Sheila Keogan, Luke Clancy, Keishia Taylor

“…Adolescent smoking could be further improved through strengthening enforcement on adolescent access to cigarettes and maintaining a high-intensity tobacco control media campaign targeting adolescents. …”
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Schizophrenia and Nicotine - A Bittersweet Psychiatric Story by Satrajit Ghosal, Ankit Halder, Sarthak Keshri, Navna Panchami Ravindran, Akhil Joshi

“…On the other hand, nicotine use (both smoke and smokeless tobacco) is very much prevalent in schizophrenic patients, much more than normal population. …”
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A Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by Christopher D. Crockett, Andrea Lucky, Oscar E. Liburd, Karen M. Kester

“…It is an important natural enemy of the tobacco hornworm, a detrimental pest species that feeds on many plants in the Solanaceae (tobacco, pepper, tomato, etc.) family. …”
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The Challenge of Implementing Smoking Prevention Measures in Malaysia: An Analysis from a Hadith Perspective by Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Ahmad Sanusi Azmi, Razin Mohamed Rosli, Alia Abdul Rashid

“…In 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared May 31st as World No Tobacco Day to address the tobacco epidemic and deaths due to smoking. …”
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A Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by Christopher D. Crockett, Andrea Lucky, Oscar E. Liburd, Karen M. Kester

“…It is an important natural enemy of the tobacco hornworm, a detrimental pest species that feeds on many plants in the Solanaceae (tobacco, pepper, tomato, etc.) family. …”
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Cancer stem cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its associated markers: A review by Lavanya Mallika, Mani Rajarathinam, Sundararajan Thangavel

“…Most theories evolve either intrinsic (genetic) or extrinsic factors like tobacco and alcoholism as the major cause of oral cancer in India. …”
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Systematic review: e-cigarettes vs. conventional cigarettes by Mateusz Janik, Barbara Ufnalska, Joanna Rychlewska-Duda, Justyna Lisiecka, Artur Fabijański, Anna Konarska, Anna Machowiak, Michał Nowak, Wojciech Firlej, Adrianna Dukacz

“…Possibility of inhaling vapor created by heating nicotine liquid instead of combusting tobacco leaves revolutionized tobacco market, bringing a lot of questions about harmfulness or advantages of e-cigarettes. …”
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Substance use and misuse among college students: Results of an online survey from three neighboring cities of North India by Neha Jaswal, Chandrima Naskar, Abhishek Ghosh, Savita Prashar, Manoj Kumar

“…There were positive correlations between tobacco and alcohol and licit and illicit substance use. …”
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Diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP) exposure leads to cell apoptosis to HUVEC cells and toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans through increasing the oxidative stress by Siyuan Luo, Junnan Li, Yuqing Zhou, Zihang Zhai, Qiang Li, Zhenglin Huang, Wencan He, Kejun Zhong, Bo Kong, Zanxian Xia, Hang Fai Kwok, Lipeng Zhu

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REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN TRADE BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AND CEFTA 2006 by Emilija Miteva-Kacarski

“…Furthermore, the Trade Balance Index shows that in the course of the analyzed time period, the Republic of Macedonia constantly appeared as a net exporter of products in the category of tobacco and beverages. The RCA and RSCA indices mark down positive values in the category of crude materials inedible (except fuels) and in the category of chemical products whereas the CEP index calculated for the category of tobacco and beverages shows a significant comparative advantage of the Republic of Macedonia over other CEFTA 2006 member states. …”
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REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN TRADE BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AND CEFTA 2006 by Emilija Miteva-Kacarski

“…Furthermore, the Trade Balance Index shows that in the course of the analyzed time period, the Republic of Macedonia constantly appeared as a net exporter of products in the category of tobacco and beverages. The RCA and RSCA indices mark down positive values in the category of crude materials inedible (except fuels) and in the category of chemical products whereas the CEP index calculated for the category of tobacco and beverages shows a significant comparative advantage of the Republic of Macedonia over other CEFTA 2006 member states. …”
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Advancements in Electrochemical Sensing Technology for Heavy Metal Ions Detection by Yu Tian, Jinli Liu, Jiali Qiao, Fuguo Ge, Yukun Yang, Qi Zhang

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INVESTIGATING RISKS IN DEPENDENCE PRODUCING DRUGS USERS AMONGSUB-POPULATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN KARACHI;.A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Shamsul Arfin Qasmi et al

“…Conclusion: As illustrated by this study, the wieldiest most commonly abused substance was tobacco-containing compounds followed by sedatives. …”
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Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder among Medical Students in New Delhi: A Cross-Sectional Study by Aninda Debnath, Anita Verma, Priyansha Gupta, Sneha Jindal

“…Our research also reveals connections between AUD and factors like gender, living situation, tobacco use, and anxiety.…”
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Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study by Miguel San Sebastián, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, Bhushan Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Sudhirsen Kowlessur

“…Regular monitoring focuses on the prevalence of tobacco use, yet there is a gap in understanding its socio-economic patterns. …”
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The use of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans in the investigation of the adverse effects of electronic cigarettes by Kamila Melnikov, Alžbeta Kaiglová, Soňa Kucharíková

“…The use of tobacco products is one of the most preventable risk factors for mortality from a variety of diseases, including cardiovascular, infectious, respiratory, and neoplastic conditions. …”
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Risk-factor Model Derivation and Validation for the Detection of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders among General Population of Towns in Pune District, Maharashtra, India by Khushboo Thakkar, Sahana Hegde Shetiya, Dipti Agarwal, Sudhir L. Jadhav

“…Introduction: India is one among the high burden countries for smokeless tobacco use. Hence, cancer burden is large, among which cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx are important public health problems. …”
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Potato Tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by Harsimran K. Gill, Gurminder Chahil, Gaurav Goyal, Arshdeep Gill, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“… This document provides an overview of the potato tuberworm (Phthorimaea operculella), a pest affecting crops in the Solanaceae family, including potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco. It discusses the pest’s distribution, life cycle, and the damage it causes to crops. …”
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Soul-foods as pharmaka: female bodies and poisons in the Upper Rio Negro by Pedro Lolli, Geraldo Andrello

“…Setting out from the mythical genesis of tobacco, coca, paricá, and caapi (ayahuasca), we examine the relationship between these substances and diverse aspects of female bodies and their reproductive powers, suggesting that these psychoactives can be conceived as pharmaka in the classic sense of the term, acting both to increase a person’s vital force and/or to harm and kill. …”
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Corrigendum to “Effects of walnut shell extract on lipid metabolism and serum metabolomics in rats with high-fat diet-induced obesity” [Journal of Functional Foods, 122 (2024) 1065... by Xu Zhang, Yan Luo, Li Qin, Yage Ma, Dan Chen, Shenglan Zhao

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