Tobacco-related research

To wrap up World No Tobacco week, we've selected several tobacco-related research studies that the ProCor editorial team covered in the past.

1. Comparative response to radio and television anti-smoking advertisements to encourage smoking cessation
Radio can provide a cost-effective alternative to television anti-smoking campaigns....
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=1097627

2. Do lifestyle interventions work in developing countries? Findings from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Lifestyle habits like diet, physical activity, and smoking behaviors can be improved by a community-based lifestyle intervention program even in a developing country setting...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=838773

3. Effect of televised, tobacco company-funded smoking prevention advertising on youth smoking--related beliefs, intentions, and behavior
This study indicates that tobacco company youth-targeted anti-tobacco ads have no beneficial outcomes for youth and that parent-targeted ads may have harmful effects on youth...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=690922

4. Healthy living is the best revenge: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study
Adhering to four simple healthy lifestyle factors can have a strong impact on the prevention of chronic diseases...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=1055857

5. Predictors of smoking cessation after a myocardial infarction: The role of institutional smoking cessation programs in improving success
As smoking cessation should be part of daily life as cardiologists, it is also important to have the institutional support to provide adequate help to our patients who smoke...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=715453

6. Prenatal tobacco prevention and cessation interventions for women in low- and middle-income countries
This study provides a comprehensive review of interventions to decrease tobacco exposure before and during pregnancy in high-, middle-, and low-income countries, and reviews findings of an international working group on research priorities...
http://www.procor.org/globaldialogue/globaldialogue_show.htm?doc_id=1218029

7. Preventing tobacco use among young people in India: Project MYTRI
A two-year, school-based intervention successfully reduced tobacco use among Indian adolescents. Reducing rates of use among young people can have positive long-term health implications...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=928026

8. Reaching Spanish-speaking smokers: State-level evidence of untapped potential for quitline utilization
Telephone quitline, rarely available in developing countries, are proving to be a successful and cost-effective way in aiding smokers to quit. As this study reveals, a media campaign targeting a specific ethnic group can be effective in increasing quit rates and quitline calls...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=1178966

9. Smoking status, sports participation and mortality from coronary heart disease
Smoking reduced the beneficial effect of sports participation on the prevention of fatal coronary heart disease in the study below. In addition, current smokers are less likely to engage in exercise of sufficient intensity than non-smokers...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=683381

10. The effect of smoke-free homes on smoking behavior in the US
This study highlights the importance of a smoke-free home to help smokers quit or decrease their consumption level...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=711240

11. The influence of the national Truth campaign on smoking initiation
The truth campaign, a US youth-focused anti-tobacco education campaign, focuses on the deceptive strategies of the tobacco industry, a message which to adolescents are receptive...
http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=925149

Fiat Vongpunsawad

Date Posted: 3 June 2010