Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke is breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly, the substance used is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, which have been rolled into a small rectangle of rolling paper to create a small, round cylinder called a "cigarette". Smoking is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use because the combustion of the dried plant leaves vaporizes and delivers active substances into the lungs where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and reach bodily tissue. In …
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ALA: American Lung Association · 24 April 2024 English
"State of the Air" is the American Lung Association's annual national air quality "report card." It uses the most recent air pollution data, compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
in poverty or having asthma .70 People with a smoking history There is some recent evidence suggesting … develop lung cancer and to die prematurely .71 Smoking damages the lungs, heart, blood vessels and other … .72 This impairment leaves the person with a smoking history more vulnerable to the health impact of … and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking - 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon …
World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English
against the key NCD risk factors of (nutrition, smoking, harmful alcohol use, and physical inactivity) …
World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English
groups and exposed to harmful practices such as smoking and chewing qat68. Social Protection: The total …
World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English
fees, complaints about the shelters restricting smoking and mobile usage on the premises and request for …
UKHLS: Understanding Society · 19 April 2024 English
Like I say, we took a broad view of the importance of housing to health and the roles that it might play, but private renting came out as having the …
additional ageing per year versus not smoking. Currently smoking was associated with a much faster speed …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 18 April 2024 English
We examine whether highlighting streaks encourages 4th to 6th grade students in Peru to increase their use of an online math platform and improve learning. Sixty thousand students were randomly …
streaks of avoiding unwanted behaviors such as smoking or consuming alcohol. 2 See Mansur (2022). Other …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 18 April 2024 English
correlation between area human capital and smoking and obesity. More educated areas have stricter regulations regarding smoking and more negative beliefs about smoking. These have translated over time into …
capital and smoking and obesity. More educated areas have stricter regulations regarding smoking and more … more negative beliefs about smoking. These have translated over time into a population that smokes noticeably … across areas in health-related behaviors such as smoking and obesity explain approximately 60% of the correlation … robust correlation between area human capital and smoking, obesity, and physical activity that we document … associated with a 13% decrease in the probability of smoking, a 7% decrease in the probability of having no …
Amnesty International · 17 April 2024 English
The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria – with the support of the US government and other members of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) armed group – are …
and other mistreatment, including for acts like smoking cigarettes or not following the prescribed IS policy …
IFI: Institute for Future Initiatives · 17 April 2024 English
Renewal of Contract: It may be renewed on an annual basis depending on the status of the budget, progress of work, evaluation of work performance, etc. [...] Work Duties: The …
University of Tokyo 19. Smoking policy: No smoking in the building, smoking area is located outside. …
CASE: Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion · 17 April 2024 English
(Tenant, Mile End) Resident engagement and capacity building Resident engagement has been established within the structures and organisation of EastendHomes from the very beginning due to the extensive consultation through …
safe going down there because there’s young boys smoking drugs and I’ve got young children, so that’s it …
