The Relationship between Depression, Doing Exercise, Age and Cigarettes Smoking in ARV - HIV Patients by Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Uyen Thi Bich Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Ai Tran, Yen Thi Hoai Phan, Ngoc-Anh Truong, Huyen-Trang Luu-Thi, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

“…Conclusion: HIV-positive individuals require an accurate identification and assessment of depressive symptoms, with the potential implementation of personalized exercise intensity programs aimed at assisting HIV patients in ceasing tobacco use. In addition, the study recommended exercise planning and patient adherence surveillance as means for assessing and modifying the treatment of HIV patients.…”
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Detrimental effects of cadmium on male infertility: A review by Nebojša Zečević, Jovana Kocić, Milan Perović, Aleksandar Stojsavljević

“…The review’s data also indicate that exposure to tobacco smoke is a major source of elevated seminal and blood Cd levels in infertile men. …”
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Geographic Variation and Trends in Laryngeal Cancer Incidence in Iran: A Comprehensive Analysis by Farimah Asghari, Hamideh Rashidian, Fereshteh Lotfi, Fatemeh Mahdavi Sabet, Zahra Faraji, Kazem Zendehdel

“…Our findings suggest that opium use, in addition to established risk factors like tobacco and alcohol, might contribute to the high incidence rates observed in Iran. …”
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Multiproxy analysis exploring patterns of diet and disease in dental calculus and skeletal remains from a 19th century Dutch population by Bartholdy, Bjørn Peare, Hasselstrøm, Jørgen B., Sørensen, Lambert K., Casna, Maia, Hoogland, Menno, Historisch Genootschap Beemster, Henry, Amanda G.

“…We were able to detect nicotine, cotinine, caffeine, theophylline, and salicylic acid, suggesting the consumption of tea and coffee and smoking of tobacco on an individual scale, which is also confirmed by historic documentation and identification of pipe notches in the dentition. …”
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Risk factors of functional dyspepsia, gastrointestinal reflux disease and non-erosive reflux disease by Malik Ayesha, Din Rafi Ud, Asif Mahrosh, Naeem Iqra, Habib Aamir, Khan Asma Arshad

“…Conclusion: Age, BMI, gender, tobacco, anxiety, depression, dietary habits and food frequencies are significant risk factors of dyspepsia and reflux disease.…”
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Factors Associated with the Utilization of Traditional Health Services among People with Non-Communicable Diseases in Indonesia: Findings from a Nationwide Survey by Iwan Abdi Suandana, Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, Pande Putu Januraga

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A Study Exploring Relationship between Risk Factors and Resilience among Youth by Fenny Leferty Kharpuri, Ramya Bhaskar

“…Results: The results highlighted that smoking, tobacco, alcohol, and self-medication risks were higher and all the aspects of resilience except for adaptability were found to be lower among youth. …”
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How to survive the mutational meltdown: lessons from plant RNA viruses by Lafforgue, Guillaume, Lefebvre, Marie, Michon, Thierry, Elena, Santiago F.

“…We observed three distinct evolutionary outcomes for tobacco etch virus under three different demographic conditions: (i) a decline in fitness following periodic severe bottlenecks in Chenopodium quinoa, (ii) a consistent fitness level with moderate bottlenecks in C. quinoa, and (iii) a net increase in fitness when severe bottlenecks in C. quinoa were alternated with large population expansions in Nicotiana tabacum. …”
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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…Results: Substance use was common, including alcohol (54.05%), cigarettes and/or tobacco (17.27%), and illicit drugs (5.56%). Below a quarter (23.85%) self-reported a mental health condition in their lifetime and 14.81% in the past 12 months. …”
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Determinants of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Ibadan, Nigeria: The influence of maternal lifestyle. by Ikeola A Adeoye, Chioma O Unogu, Kofoworola Adediran, Babatunde M Gbadebo

“…Explanatory variables comprised Antepartum Depression (Edinburgh Depression Scale ≥ 12), Physical activity (Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ), Dietary pattern (Qualitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), Maternal Stress (Perceived Stress Scale), Alcohol consumption, and Tobacco exposure. We used binary and multiple logistic regression to assess the associations between the risk factors and adverse perinatal outcomes at a significant P-value <0.05. …”
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Adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care by Felix Naughton, Stephen Sutton, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Katharine Bowker, Katarzyna Campbell, Melanie Sloan

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Genetic evidence for the causal effects of air pollution on the risk of respiratory diseases by Yanjuan Wu, Yuting Zhang, Jingcun Wang, Qiming Gan, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Yutong Ding, Xinyan Yang, Nuofu Zhang, Kang Wu

“…Importantly, these associations remained robust even after controlling for potential tobacco-related confounders in the MVMR analyses. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer from 1990 to 2021, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the global burden of... by Tianyu Li, Chen Lin, Weibin Wang

“…Age-standardized DALYs rate (ASDR) and ASMR worldwide were attributable to tobacco smoking, high BMI, and high fasting plasma glucose. …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease by smoking status by Olga V. Nakhratova, Daria P. Tsygankova, Joseph M. Tsenter, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev

“…BACKGROUND: Many people worldwide use different tobacco products. Currently, most studies of smoking in various populations are focused on determining relationships, including the number of cigarettes smoked per day, pack/year and smoking indexes. …”
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Comparison of effectiveness in smoking cessation using nicotine replacement therapy and electronic cigarettes by Adrianna Kopaczyńska, Katarzyna Szafrańska, Szymon Niemirka, Aleksandra Janiak, Kinga Dominiczak, Łukasz Grądalski, Filip Dębicki

“… Nicotine, a potent psychoactive alkaloid found in tobacco leaves, is recognized for its high addictive potential, contributing to over 8 million deaths annually according to the World Health Organization. …”
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Clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors among school teachers: A cross-sectional study in Kerala, India by Mini GK, Sangeeth KS, Anand Marthanda Pillai, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR

“…Results: The main risk factors were physical inactivity (76.4 %) and overweight/obesity (68.8 %). Current tobacco use was reported by 5 % of men, while 13.4 % of men and 2.6 % of women reported alcohol use. …”
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RNA editing-based biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: protocol of the EDIT-B study by Andrea Miranda-Mendizabal, Diana Vetter, Juan Zambrano, Jeff Zarp, Victor Chavarría, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Meritxell Gonzalez-Campos, Marc Valenti, Lara Walczer Baldinazzo, Sara Siddi, Maurizio Ferrari, Dinah Weissmann, Chantal Henry, Josep Maria Haro, Lars Vedel Kessing, Eduard Vieta

“…The EDIT-B is a blood-based test that combines RNA editing biomarkers and individual data (e.g., age, sex, and tobacco consumption). The clinical validation performance of the EDIT-B will be evaluated using the area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and likelihood ratios. …”
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Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study by Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sabri Bromage, Jan-Walter De Neve, Anamitra Barik

“…Vigorous activity at home (including gardening, yard work, and household chores) was linked to higher odds of recovering from overweight/obesity (RR: 1.065; 95% CI: 1.008–1.125; P: 0.025). Frequent tobacco use (often/daily vs. none) was inversely associated with remission of overweight-obesity (RR: 0.689; 95% CI: 0.484–0.980; P: 0.038), as was each 1 ml in alcohol consumption (RR: 0.995; 95% CI: 0.991–0.999; P: 0.022). …”
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Cigarette smoke compromises macrophage innate sensing in response to pneumococcal infection by Wei-Chih Liao, Chia-Huei Chou, Mao-Wang Ho, Jo-Tsen Chen, Shu-Ling Chou, Yu-Tsen Huang, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Hui-Yu Wu, Chi-Fan Lee, Wei-Chien Huang, Chih-Ho Lai

“…Methods: In this study, we prepared cigarette smoke extract (CSE) from tobacco containing nicotine (0.8 mg/cigarette) and tar (10 mg/cigarette) to investigate the effects of CSE on innate immune response using murine macrophage models. …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of WRKYs family involved in responses to Cylindrocarpon destructans in Panax notoginseng by Manqiao Li, Xiaoli Che, Qiwen Liang, Kuixiu Li, Guisheng Xiang, Xuyan Liu, Yan Zhao, Fugang Wei, Shengchao Yang, Guanze Liu

“…Notably, the ectopic expression of PnWRKY35 in tobacco enhanced resistance to C. destructans, accompanied by increased levels of gibberellins (GA24, GA3, GA8), JA, SA, and brassinolide. …”
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