Andrew J Hyland

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..The intent is to improve public health through regulations on tobacco product marketing and tobacco products themselves. This manuscript reports baseline data on smokers' attitudes and beliefs on specific issues relevant to the FSPTCA...

..This study tests the hypothesis that smokers who call a telephone quitline and are given more free nicotine patches would report higher quit rates upon follow-up 12 months later...

..Here we compared the sensitivities of a classic proliferation marker, Ki-67, with a new proliferation marker, MCM2, in 41 bronchial biopsy specimens representing normal mucosa, metaplasia, dysplasia, and carcinoma in situ...

..This may undermine the public health benefit of higher prices and cause lost revenue to state and local governments...

..To compare tobacco smoke-derived particulate levels in transportation and hospitality venues with and without smoking in 32 countries using a standardised measurement protocol...

..Interventions that reduce price differentials are suggested to maximize the public health benefit of cigarette excise taxes...

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..The present study reports on the prevalence of smoke-free homes, the characteristics of participants who adopted a smoke-free home policy, and the association between smoke-free homes and subsequent predictors of smoking cessation...

..Few studies have examined the extent of adolescent abuse. The objective of this manuscript is to describe the youth abuse rate for NRT and other over-the-counter (OTC) abusable substances...

..In addition, we examine changes in support for the law, pub and restaurant patronage, smoking cessation indicators and whether any observed changes varied by socioeconomic status...

..Marlboro is 50 years old--and still killing its customers...

..Erie County's Clean Air Act had no adverse economic impact on its restaurant industry...

..This article aims to assess whether nationwide smoke-free policies are associated with more smoking or drinking inside the home...

..To examine the association between the use of menthol cigarettes and smoking cessation, amount smoked, and time to first cigarette in the morning...

..It was found that untruthful age reporting during compliance checks has little impact on the overall compliance rate...

..The data show that switching to a low-tar cigarette does not appear to increase or decrease the likelihood of future cessation, though motivation to stop smoking may be associated with switching...

..The data from this paper indicate that the availability of lower priced cigarette alternatives may attenuate public health efforts aimed at to reduce reducing smoking prevalence through price and tax increases among all SES groups...

..We conclude that high BMI should not be a barrier to administer high-dose cytarabine-containing regimens for AML induction...

..Although socioeconomic disparities have been documented in tobacco use and cessation, the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoke-free policies is less well studied...

..The present study shows that nicotine dependence is a major factor predicting long-term cessation in smokers. This finding has implications for tobacco control policy and treatment approaches...

..This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of smoke-free policy implementation and support among owners and managers of MUH throughout Western New York State...

..Because of the strategies lower SES respondents are more likely to use, reducing price differentials between discount and premium brands may have a greater impact on them, potentially increasing the likelihood of quitting...

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..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential association between the implementation of smoke-free bar policies and smokers' alcohol consumption...

..Among all respondents, 56% supported smoke-free building policy implementation. These findings suggest that smoke-free building policies are needed to protect multiunit housing residents from secondhand smoke in their homes...

..To evaluate the population effectiveness of stop-smoking medications while accounting for potential recall bias by controlling for quit attempt recency...

..The objective of this study was to quantify real-time SHS transfer between smoke-permitted and smoke-free living units within the same MUH structure...

..To assess the efficacy of an intervention to encourage the adoption of smoke-free policies among owners and managers of multiunit housing...

..Misperceptions about the health risks of nicotine and the safety/efficacy of nicotine medications may discourage some smokers from considering the use of these medications to help them stop smoking...

..Change in consumption between waves 1 and 2 (whether increase or decrease) was maintained by a substantial number a year later (wave 3), but change did not undermine nor promote quitting between waves 2 and 3...

..This study sought to assess Western New York (WNY) area pharmacists' opinions about the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies, and pharmacists' opinions on their role in patient smoking cessation...

..To assess whether chronic periodontitis history predicts human papillomavirus (HPV) status in patients with base of tongue cancers...

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..To describe what smokers say about the impact of different population-based interventions to motivate them to think seriously about stopping smoking...

..In summary, cigarette smoking has a deleterious effect on OS in AML...

..This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of SHS exposure and smoke-free policy support among MUH residents...

..While tobacco marketing regulations have been effective in reducing exposure to certain types of product marketing there still remain gaps, especially with regard to in-store marketing and price promotions...

..To assess the long-term effect of a randomized community-based trial of smoking cessation and to examine the effect of exposure to large state-based tobacco-control programs on smoking cessation...

..Low-level smokers may be a growing segment of the smoker population and have different characteristics, health risks, and intervention needs compared with their heavier smoking counterparts...

..85 cigarettes. CONCLUSIONS: Smoke-free worksite policies help employees reduce their cigarette consumption and stop smoking...

..A random sample of smokers was offered a transfer to the New York State Smokers' Quitline in order to assess smokers' acceptance of "cold calls" offering quitline services...

..The places that were most often avoided were restaurants (17%), bars or taverns (13%), and bingo halls (9%)...

..A larger, better-powered study is needed to test if this treatment combination has merit for increasing quit rates...

..Importantly, the overall public health impact of LN-SLT will reflect use patterns, its marketing, and governmental regulation of tobacco products...

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..The New York State CIAA yielded measurable reductions in ETS exposure for hospitality workers...

..This study shows that offering a free 2-week voucher for NRT is a cost-effective method to increase calls to a stop smoking quitline and may also increase the odds of quitting for those who get the free NRT...

..Both the Quit & Win and NRT voucher giveaway programs were effective in recruiting smokers to make a quit attempt, although combining both interventions did not generally increase abstinence rates...

..This pilot study showed that this requirement could pose some challenges in population-based research...

..The offer of free NRT appears to be a cost-effective method to induce large numbers of smokers to make a quit attempt...

..This study found that the experimental materials were better recalled and contributed to higher levels of knowledge about specific cigarette design features; however, this did not translate into changes in smoking behavior...

..Collecting samples in a nonclinical setting (i.e., through postal mail or at the subject's home) offers an alternative option that is minimally invasive and can be incorporated into large population-based studies...

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..The present findings demonstrate that smokers are misinformed about many aspects of the cigarettes they smoke and stop-smoking medications and that they want more information about ways to reduce their health risks...

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..To assess trends and correlates of youth cigarette purchasing behavior on the Internet...

..To assess the association between the history of chronic periodontitis and the risk of tongue cancer...

..In addition, these data are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the remaining population of smokers is becoming more dependent on nicotine over time...

..To estimate the effectiveness of a free nicotine patch giveaway program offered to New York City (NYC) smokers conducted in 2003...

..This study explores physicians' assistants' (PA) knowledge and practice regarding tobacco cessation counseling, approaches to lung cancer early detection and management of patients at high risk of developing lung cancer...

..The findings suggest that declining rates of leukemia mortality are associated with changing patterns of smoking behavior...

..This study shows that for a relatively modest investment of resources, thousands of smokers can be recruited to make a serious quit attempt, with many remaining smoke-free months later...

..Therefore, we sought to test the association between lifetime cumulative exposure to SHS and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) (as an indication of CHD) among never smokers...

..Thus the time-to-first-cigarette item appears to tap a pattern of heavy, uninterrupted, and automatic smoking and may be a good single-item measure of nicotine dependence...

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..In the same time the authors are making a comparison of different levels form other countries where this kind of monitor was used...

..This study is important for the ongoing national debate in Germany as well as for debates in all countries without smoke-free air legislation, which includes most countries around the world...

..Specifically, to determine changes in public support and support among the restaurant and cafe industry; to determine changes to self-reported experiences of dining out; and to assess compliance with the legislation...

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..Accurate identification of tobacco use is critical to implement evidence-based cessation treatments in cancer patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of self-reported tobacco use in newly diagnosed cancer patients...

..Accuracy increased by 14.9% with weekly vs. baseline self-reported assessments. Data confirm that head and neck cancer patients misrepresent true tobacco use during treatment...

..The aims of this study were to assess HPV vaccination rates and to examine whether knowledge and risk perceptions regarding HPV were associated with the reported use of the HPV vaccine among female college students...

..7 times more likely to quit smoking by 2001 compared with those who did not reduce. Few smokers are able to reduce their consumption by 50% or more, although those who do are more likely to quit compared with those who do not...

..Household members can be protected by implementing a smoke-free home policy...

..These results highlight the need to educate smokers about the risks of alternatives to conventional cigarettes, and the need to regulate the advertising and promotion of such alternatives...

..While various lifestyle factors have been shown to alter the risk for colorectal cancer, recommendations for the early detection of CRC are based only on age and family history...

..Developing culturally appropriate interventions to encourage continued education and asking about community and familial norms are essential steps in addressing this issue...

..This study aimed to determine whether the law had a detrimental impact on restaurant business in SA...

..35). We conclude that male partners may impact adolescent pregnancy desire. Further prospective studies are needed and male-focused adolescent pregnancy interventions should be developed...

..NSCLC frequently manifests loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome segment 11p15.5. Whether LOH at 11p15.5 is an independent prognostic variable has yet to be determined...

..These results have implications for practical and safe strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HNSCC...

..Subsequent many nations including Tunisia implement smoke-free worksite regulations. The aim of our study is to test air quality in indoor ambient air venues in Tunisia...

..However, puffing behavior and its influence upon risk-exposure has yet to be assessed outside the laboratory, in smokers' natural environment...

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..Further tax increases should lead to additional lives saved, and additional policies may result in further impacts on smoking rates, and consequently on smoking-attributable health outcomes in the population...

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..If SJW proves to be effective in larger controlled studies, it could represent a less expensive, more readily accessible and well-tolerated agent to promote tobacco cessation...

..Some but not all of these associations remained after the clinic visit, which included no-cost contraception...

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