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Public support, particularly among nonsmokers, regarding a ban on cigarettes and a reduction in nicotine levels is high...
Researchers studying the effect of the 2004 and 2008 smoking ban on the incidence of out-of-hospital sudden coronary arrest (SCA) found minimal decrease in SCA...
Women and people from affluent neighborhoods were more likely to use calorie information posted in fast food restaurants, and so the question remains, for poor neighborhoods (that happen to have the highest prevalence of obesity) what is the best strategy to improve consumption patterns...
The American Heart Association published a paper on the cost-effectiveness and value of primary prevention for CVD, and how changes in systems and interventions can save lives and money...
While HIV and NCDs are traditionally thought of as two very different health problems, some of the systems, tools, and approaches of long-term HIV programs could work for NCDs as well...
The American Journal of Public Health recently published an article discussing the need for academic public health to reformat its curriculum to meet the rising demands of NCDs within the global forum...
