Association between Sleep Habits and Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Thirumagal Kanagasabai, Ramandeep Dhanoa, Jennifer L. Kuk, Chris I. Ardern

“…Those with MHO tended to be younger, female, Non-Hispanic Black, never smokers, more physically active, and with less physician diagnosed sleep disorders than MAO. …”
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Qat Chewing as an Independent Risk Factor for Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ali Kaid Al-Sharabi, Hussien Shuga-Aldin, Ibrahim Ghandour, Nezar Noor Al-Hebshi

“…The qat chewers were older, included more males and smokers, and had worse oral hygiene but higher education levels; the majority were heavy chewers (mean duration of 14.45 years and frequency of 6.10 days/week). …”
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Self-Reported Oral Hygiene Performance of Patients in Albania: A Questionnaire-Based Survey by Blerina Zeza, Blerina Osmani, Erdita Cenameri, Busra Emir

“…<b>Results:</b> A total of 1006 questionnaires were filled in a one-month time period (January 2020) from a population of 75.2% females and 24.8% males, 32.7 ± 11.3 years of age, from whom 94.6% reported a lack of systemic diseases and 80% were non-smokers. All of the population brushed their teeth at least once daily. …”
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Smoking among pregnant women attending philanthropic maternity in São Paulo (Br by Natália Machado Costa Lopes, Maria Alice Tsunechiro, Alfredo Almeida Pina-Oliveira, Anna Maria Chiesa

“…The results revealed a prevalence of 11% of pregnant smokers; most of them had mild nicotine dependence. …”
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Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“…The abrupt emergence of COVID-19 has also led to a massive societal shift on tobacco smoking cessation. Smokers are compelled to reflect on the harmful effects of cigarette smoking in relation to COVID-19. …”
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Bupropion Mediated Effects on Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Smoking Cessation by Austin Clark, Brendan Tate, Bretton Urban, Ryan Schroeder, Sonja Gennuso, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, David McGregor, Brook Girma, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

“…We conclude that bupropion has the potential to provide benefit for a subset of patients who do not tolerate other typical antidepressants or anti-smoking therapies or for those whose treatment goals align with bupropion's unique side effect profile, such as smokers who wish to quit and lose weight. Additional research is needed to determine the drug's full clinical potential, particularly in the areas of adolescent depression and combination therapy with varenicline or dextromethorphan. …”
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Risk Factors Related to Low Birth Weight in Cienfuegos Municipality by Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodriguez, Yusimi Cabada Martínez, Delia Zerquera Rodríguez, Hilda María María Delgado Acosta

“…The 74 % of mothers work. The 70.1 % were smokers and the 57, 1 % developed a gravidum hypertensive disease. …”
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Supporting mental health: pre-post four-week psychological capacity building program for Indian target sport athletes by Shivjot Gill, Parwinder Singh

“…This study examines the Psychological Capacity Building Program (PCB P) for Indian shooters and archers, focusing on key psychological variables such as motivation, grit, emotions, and well-being. …”
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Exploring Factors Influencing Crash Occurrence Involving Autonomous Vehicle: Random Parameters Model With Heterogeneity in Means and Variances Approach by Haocheng Li, Amjad Pervez, Jaeyoung Jay Lee

“…Modeling results reveal that factors such as poor lighting conditions, braking maneuver of AVs, proceeding straight movement of HDVs, involvement of bikes/scooters, residential land-use significantly contribute to AV-involved crash occurrence on segments and at intersections. …”
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Association of Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits with Body and Visceral Fat Values in Spanish Workers by María Gordito Soler, Ángel Arturo López-González, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, Emilio Martínez-Almoyna Rifá, Cristina Martorell Sánchez, María Teófila Vicente-Herrero, Hernan Paublini, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent

“…These values are higher in smokers. A multivariate analysis shows that the variables most influential in increasing the risk of high levels of both body and visceral fat are age and low levels of physical activity. …”
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Dysregulation of Vascular Endothelial Progenitor Cells Lung-Homing in Subjects with COPD by Brittany M. Salter, Fizza Manzoor, Suzanne Beaudin, Melanie Kjarsgaard, Parameswaran Nair, Gail M. Gauvreau, Roma Sehmi

“…Nonatopic, current or ex-smokers with diagnosed COPD and nonatopic, nonsmoking normal controls were enrolled. …”
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The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Paul A. McAuley, Nancy S. Smith, Brian T. Emerson, Jonathan N. Myers

“…We evaluated independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity with all-cause mortality in 811 middle-aged (age, 53.3±7.2 years) male never smokers without documented cardiopulmonary disease or diabetes from the Veterans Exercise Testing Study (VETS). …”
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Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: A Comparison of the Framingham, PROCAM, and DAD Equations in HIV-Infected Persons by Max Weyler Nery, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Erika Aparecida Silveira, Clarissa Alencar de Sousa, Marianne de Oliveira Falco, Aline de Cássia Oliveira de Castro, Jorge Tannus Esper, Luis Carlos Silva e Souza, Marília Dalva Turchi

“…The participants' mean age was 36.8 years (SD = 10.3), 76.9% were men, and 66.3% were on antiretroviral therapy. 47.8% of the participants had abdominal obesity, 23.1% were current smokers, 20.0% had hypertension, and 2.0% had diabetes. …”
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Ill Effects of Smoking: Baseline Knowledge among School Children and Implementation of the “AntE Tobacco” Project by Salim Surani, Raghu Reddy, Amy E. Houlihan, Brenda Parrish, Gina L. Evans-Hudnall, Kalpalatha Guntupalli

“…Each day >3,000 children and adolescents become regular smokers. This paper details a new antitobacco educational program titled “AntE Tobacco” Method. …”
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Socio-educational intervention program for the smoking prevention in dentistry students by Miguel Ángel Toledo Méndez, Midiala Veloz Fariñas, Tania Quesada Rabelo, Yanexis Valdés Gárciga, José Carlos Toledo Quirós

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there was a predominance of young smokers with an extended practice between three and five years, in whom moderate dependence was confirmed. …”
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Contralateral Occlusion Increases the Risk of Neurological Complications Associated with Carotid Endarterectomy by Laura Capoccia, Enrico Sbarigia, Anna Rita Rizzo, Chiara Pranteda, Danilo Menna, Pasqualino Sirignano, Wassim Mansour, Andrea Esposito, Francesco Speziale

“…CO patients more frequently were male, smokers, younger, and symptomatic (P < 0.001), presented with a preoperative brain infarct and associated peripheral arterial disease (P < 0.0001), and presented with higher perioperative major stroke rate than patients without CO (4.4% versus 1.2%, resp., P = 0.009). …”
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A Clinical Mentorship and Quality Improvement Program to Support Health Center Nurses Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Rwanda by Aphrodis Ndayisaba, Emmanuel Harerimana, Ryan Borg, Ann C. Miller, Catherine M. Kirk, Katrina Hann, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Anatole Manzi, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Cadet Mutumbira, Tharcisse Mpunga, Patient Ngamije, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Joel Mubiligi, Simon Pierre Niyonsenga, Charlotte Bavuma, Paul H. Park

“…The patient population reflects the rural settings, with low rates of traditional NCD risk factors: 5.6% of patients were current smokers, 11.0% were current consumers of alcohol, and 11.9% were obese. …”
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Obesity Increases Prevalence of Colonic Adenomas at Screening Colonoscopy: A Canadian Community-Based Study by Theodore F. Shapero, Grant I. Chen, Tim Devlin, Alison Gibbs, Iain C. Murray, Stanley Tran, Corey Weigensberg

“…A and ADV were commoner in overweight and obese males, obese females, older subjects, and smokers. HL, HT, and DM were associated with increased odds for neoplasia, significantly for A with hypertension. …”
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Smoking Behavior in First-year Medical Students at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos by Yoel Hernández Guerra, Alain Rodríguez Gómez, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> 30.5 % of adolescents are smokers and 85.24 % are female. The 18-year-old group predominated, with 67.21 %. 77.0 4 % started smoking after the age of 16 and 100 % smoke in public places. …”
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Intensive smoking cessation intervention in a nature-based setting: a feasibility study of the Danish gold standard program by Mie Sylow Liljendahl, Sanne Staal, Hanne Tønnesen

“…The knowledge of nature-based smoking cessation interventions is sparse but might offer potential benefits for smokers undertaking an intensive smoking cessation program. …”
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