Comprehensive characterization of tobacco-induced changes in enamel surface topography by Tamanna Kaur, Ramya Ramadoss, Nitya Krishnasamy, Sandhya Sundar, Suganya Panneer Selvam, Hema Shree K

“…The stylus profilometer data corroborated these findings, with rising Ra values as the degree of staining intensified, highlighting the topographical alterations caused by tobacco exposure. Spectrophotometric analysis further demonstrated a decrease in enamel reflectance and an increase in light absorption from mild to severe staining, underscoring the detrimental optical effects of tobacco on enamel. …”
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Correction to: Association between use of heated tobacco products and long-term respiratory effects considering smoking history: internet-based cross-sectional study in Japan by Yuki Kimura, Minoru Sugita

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Assessing awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of hubbly bubbly smoking health risks among South African university students by Aniekie Motloutsi, Elizabeth Lubinga

“…Most participants in the study, including both HB users 74% (129) and non-users 80% (140), were able to identify lung cancer as one of the health risks of HB smoking. This study is important to health promotion organisations including government departments to enable them to construct effective health communication messages. …”
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Overall quit in triple users of conventional cigarette, e-cigarette and heated tobacco product among healthy adults: a Korea Medical Institute health check-up study by Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Keum Ji Jung, Hye Won Yun

“…Objective While multiuse patterns of e-cigarettes (EC) or heated tobacco products (HTP) with conventional cigarettes (CC) have been reported, smoking cessation of multiusers is not well known. …”
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Baseline Compliance Assessment Survey for Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 in Eight Districts of Maharashtra by Jagdishchandra Vathar, Harshal P Bafna, Maya S Indurkar, Appasahe Ugale

“…Hence, Government Dental College and Hospital Aurangabad along with the Director of health services, Maharashtra, Marathwada Gramin Vikas Sanstha, and The Union has conducted compliance Assessments of Sections 4, 5, 6-a, and 6-b, and 7, 8, and 9 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) Act in 8 districts, namely Nandurbar, Satara, Solapur, Pune, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, Sangli, and Dhule project districts of Maharashtra state. …”
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Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) for Tobacco Withdrawal: A Case Report by Jeremy Weleff, Samyukta Dore, Akhil Anand, Brian S. Barnett

“…Tobacco use continues to be one of humanity’s most significant public health concerns, causing more than 8-million deaths annually. …”
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“Don’t Even Smoke But I’ll Buy That” Twitch as a New Venue for E-Cigarette Promotion by Hüseyin Küçükali, Hüseyin Küçükali

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Tobacco prevention and control interventions in humanitarian settings: a scoping review protocol by Muralidhar M Kulkarni, Sanjay Zodpey, Nachiket Gudi, Ansuman Swain, Sanjay Pattanshetty

“…Introduction Tobacco has been a complex global problem that has adversely affected almost all the sectors of society. …”
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Second Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Adults in an Urbanized Village in Delhi by Yukti Bhandari, Jugal Kishore, Abhilasha Yadav, Aritrik Das

“…Background: India contributes to the maximum of the world’s health burdens attributable to tobacco use. Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is also associated with adverse health effects, causing 1.2 million deaths worldwide each year. …”
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AWARENESS REGARDING TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG DENTAL HOUSEOFFICERS AND STAFF OF PRIVATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY by Mawish Bano

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Analyzing arguments on tobacco tax increases. Focus on French parliamentary questions and responses, 2000–2020 by François Topart, Emmanuelle Béguinot, Karine Gallopel-Morvan

“…Introduction Tax increases are the most effective but still the least-used tobacco control measure. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia: a national cross-sectional study by Abu Naser Zafar Ullah, Md Shariful Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Haifaa AlWajeah, Md Ferdous, Nusrat Sharmin Mahfuza, Daniel Konka, Eva Silenga

“…However, place of residency and region were insignificantly associated with smoking in the Gambia.Conclusions Men, older people, manual workers, individuals with lower education and lower wealth status were the vulnerable groups to tobacco smoking in the Gambia. Government should intensify awareness programmes on the harmful effects of smoking, and introduce proper cessation support services among tobacco smoking users prioritising these risk groups.…”
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Electronic Cigarettes: Ally or an Enemy in Combating Tobacco-Use-Associated Diseases - An Integrative Review by Hunny Sharma, Manisha Ruikar

“…Introduction: E-cigarettes (ECs) portable battery-operated devices developed as a strategy for tackling tobacco-related harm are now becoming a global threat to human health. …”
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Investigating the reciprocal temporal relationships between tobacco consumption and psychological disorders for youth: an international review by Leila Mohammadi, Caroline Louise Miller, Sharon Lawn, Jeremy Stevenson, Kimberley Martin

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Formation, Repair, and Genotoxic Properties of Bulky DNA Adducts Formed from Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines by Lisa A. Peterson

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Integrative physiological and transcriptome analysis unravels the mechanism of low nitrogen use efficiency in burley tobacco by Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yanjun Ma, Xiaolong Chen, Hongzhi Shi

“…Abstract Burley tobacco, a chlorophyll‐deficient mutant with impaired nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), generally requires three to five times more nitrogen fertilization than flue‐cured tobacco to achieve a comparable yield, which generates serious environmental pollution and negatively affects human health. …”
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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

“…Keywords included "e-cigarettes", "vaping", "health effects", "conventional cigarettes", "tobacco", "respiratory system", "cardiovascular system", "immune system", "oral health", and "cellular effects". …”
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Moving Toward a Smoke-free Campus: A Survey of Students’ Knowledge, Behavior, and Opinions by Ülken Tunga Babaoğlu, Hüseyin İlter

“…CONCLUSION: Most students were unaware of the smoke-free campus policy but were aware that passive smoking is an important public health problem. The fact that male students and smokers oppose implementation requires investigation of the reasons for these attitudes in future studies, and monitoring tobacco use trends after implementation is important to effectively evaluate smoke-free campus implementation.…”
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The Development of DNA Based Methods for the Reliable and Efficient Identification of Nicotiana tabacum in Tobacco and Its Derived Products by Sukumar Biswas, Wei Fan, Rong Li, Sifan Li, Wenli Ping, Shujun Li, Alexandra Naumova, Tamara Peelen, Esther Kok, Zheng Yuan, Dabing Zhang, Jianxin Shi

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Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach by Nasrin Akter, Bilkis Banu, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum, Sarder Mahmud Hossain

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