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Titre : | American Journal of Public Health, Vol.91, n°11. - November 2001 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/11/2001 |
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OBJECTIVES: This study sought to estimate how changes in state cigarette excise taxes affect the smoking behavior of pregnant women.
METHODS: Detailed information about mothers and their pregnancy was used to examine the impact of taxes on the [...]
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K. H. SEAL ;
A. H. KRAL ;
L. GEE ;
L. D. MOORE ;
R. N. BLUTHENTHAL ;
J. LORVICK ;
B. R. EDLIN
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Objectives. This study sought to determine prevalence of and risk factors for nonfatal recent overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users. Methods. From August 1998 through July 1999, 1427 heroin injectors were recruited from 6 inner-[...]
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The tobacco industry has attacked "junk science" to discredit the evidence that secondhand smoke-among other environmental toxins-causes disease. Philip Morris used public relations firms and lawyers to develop a "sound science" program in the U[...]
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D. LAZOVICH ;
J. FORSTER ;
B. RILEY
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By 1998, 42 states had implemented legislation to prohibit the purchase, possession, or use of tobacco by minors, a 24% increase since 1995. In response, communities have developed tobacco education classes, known as tobacco diversion programs, [...]
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D. C. DES JARLAIS ;
D. G. FISHER ;
J. C. NEWMAN ;
TRUBATCH B. N. ;
YANCOVITZ M. ;
D. PAONE ;
D. PERLMAN
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Injection drug users (IDUs) are at very high risk for infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) through multiperson use of injection equipment and through unprotected sexual contact. Although a safe and efficacious vaccine exists for hepatitis B, t[...]
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In this issue, Glantz and Ong offer a powerful analysis of the tobacco industry's attempt to discredit the scientific evidence on passive smoking, particularly the industry's use of the label "junk science." Environmental epidemiologic studies i[...]
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Despite the tobacco industry's claims that it has changed its practices, the toll of tobacco-related disease and death continues to grow worldwide, and the industry continues to use a vast array of strategies to promote its products and increase[...]