Prevention of cigarette smoking in adolescents by Abdollahi, Abbas, Abu Talib, Mansor

“…Remarkably, the age of the onset of cigarette smoking is decreasing. Therefore, it is essential to increase our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. …”
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Social anxiety and cigarette smoking in adolescents: the mediating role of emotional intelligence by Abdollahi, Abbas, Yaacob, Siti Nor, Abu Talib, Mansor, Ismail, Zanariah

“…Remarkably, the mean age of the onset of cigarette smoking is decreasing. Therefore, it is necessary to increase our knowledge concerning the attitude among high school students towards cigarette smoking. …”
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Tobacco teens: cigarette smoking among adolescents at a rural settlement, Jempol by Z. A., Amiza, Hong, S. J., Mahmud, Aidalina, Abdul Latiff, Latiffah

“…The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adolescents and its associated factors in a rural community of Jempol, Malaysia. …”
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The moderating effects of self efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and cigarette smoking behaviour among adolescent in Iran by Golestan, Samira, Hamsan, Hanina H., Abdullah, Haslinda

“…This paper aims to examine the relationship between personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness) and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. …”
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The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran by Golestan, Samira, Abdullah, Haslinda

“…This paper aims to examine the relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. …”
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Synthesis, characterization and investigation of photocatalytic activity of nano-titania from natural ilmenite with graphite for cigarette smoke degradation by Rosli, Natrah Shafiqah, Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim, Hazan, Roshasnorlyza

“…The functionality of the prepared nanoparticles in terms of photocatalyst activity was analyzed by degradation of cigarette smoke under the exposure to the visible light. …”
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Self-efficacy as moderator in relationship between individual, environmental, and cognitive factors and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran by Golestan, Samira

“…So, families, schools and policy makers influence the cigarette smoking behavior and can reduce the level of cigarette smoking among adolescents by devising and implementing a comprehensive program.…”
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Predictors of cigarette and water pipe smoking behaviours among female school students aged 12-19 years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Alotaibi, Amani Awwadh

“…The prevalence of ever water pipe smoking was 36.2% while cigarette smoking prevalence was 30.9%. The prevalence of current water pipe smoking was about double that of cigarette smoking (15.8% and 9.1% respectively). …”
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Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents by Abdollahi, Abbas, Abu Talib, Mansor

“…Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; therefore, it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. This study was conducted to examine the associations among hardiness, problem-solving skills appraisal and attitude towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and preventive practices regarding tuberculosis and its predictors among HIV patients in General Hospital, Minna, North-Central, Nigeria by Bisallah, Chindo Ibrahim, Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Mohd Sidik, Sherina, Iliyasu, Zubairu, Lye, Munn Sann, Onyilo, Michael Ochigbo

“…The predictors of knowledge, attitude and preventive practices were age, depression, anxiety, cigarette smoking, monthly income, marital status and duration of HIV infection.…”
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Peer-led behavioural intervention to prevent cigarette and water pipe use among public high school children in Sanandaj, Iran by Mohammadi, Mahtab

“…The results showed that there was significant decrease in intention to cigarette smoking (p=<0.001) and water pipe use (p=<0.001) observed after intervention. …”
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Pathogenesis and management of Buerger's disease by Liew, Ngoh Chin, Lee, Limi, Nor Hanipah, Zubaidah, Gee, Tikfu, Jabar, Mohd Faisal

“…It is associated with chronic cigarette smoking and is believed to be an immune mediated vasculitis. …”
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Faktor yang mempengaruhi niat menghisap vape dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah di Lembah Klang, Malaysia by Razali, Siti Hajar

“…Terdapat 5 instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini iaitu Attitude Towards Cigarette Smoking Scale, Knowledge About Cigarette Smoking Scale, Sweeden Health and Society Survey, Itemized Perceived Behavioral Control Statements dan Reason for First Use Scale. …”
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Prevalence of coronary risk factors in a sample of Chinese women in Kuala Lumpur by Khor, Geok Lin, Hsu-Hage, Bridget Huey-Huey, Sundram, K., Wahlqvist, Mark L.

“…These factors included body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio, total blood cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol and Lp(a) levels, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, family history of chronic disease, dietary habits and frequency of selected food intake. …”
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Smoking among young urban Malaysian women and its risk factors. by Abd Manaf, Rosliza, Shamsuddin, Khadijah

“…This study was conducted to measure the prevalence of cigarette smoking and to determine the individual, family, and environmental factors associated with smoking among young urban women. …”
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Populations with higher average intelligence are healthier, but do they smoke fewer cigarettes? by Ahmad Suhaimi, Siti Shazwani, Burhan, Nik Ahmad Sufian, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Razak, Daud, Mohd Najmi

“…The proposed explanation is that cigarette smoking is an evolutionarily novel activity that did not previously exist in human ancestral environments. …”
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Smoking and cognitive impairment among older persons in Malaysia by Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi, Ibrahim, Rahimah, Tengku Abd Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Chai, Sen Tyng

“…Conclusion: Although the findings indicated a negative association between cigarette smoking and cognitive impairment, we are unable to conclude whether this relationship is causal or affected by other unmeasured confounding factors, especially survival bias.…”
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The correlation of two nicotine dependence measurement methods: Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and saliva cotinine among a group of Muslim smoker in Malaysia by Zulkifley, Nuraisyah Hani, Ismail, Suriani, Abdul Manaf, Rosliza, Hamid, Zulkifley

“…Measurement of the nicotine dependence is important to better understand cigarette smoking addiction dependence and ways to overcome it. …”
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Prevalence and psychosocial determinants of tobacco use among adolescent female students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Al-Otaibi, Amani Awwadh, Ibrahim, Faisal, Rampal, Lekhraj, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Ibrahim, Normala

“…Water pipe smoking was the main type of tobacco used by the respondents followed by cigarette smoking. The multivariate analysis showed that age, mother’s educational level, student’s monthly allowance, exposure to second hand smoking, stress, anxiety and self-esteem were significant predictors of ever and current tobacco use behaviours among the students. …”
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Analysis of selected glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphisms in Malaysian type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without cardiovascular disease by Etemad, Ali, Ramachandran, Vasudevan, Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Fazli, Mohamed Yusof, Ahmad Khairuddin, Khazaei, Somayeh, Fawzi, Nora, Jamalpour, Sajad, Arkani, Mohammad, Mohamad, Nur Afiqah, Ismail, Patimah

“…Genetically induced absence of the GSTT1 enzyme is an independent and powerful predictor of premature vascular morbidity and death in individuals with T2DM, and might be triggered by cigarette smoking’s oxidative effects. These polymorphisms could be screened in other ethnicities within Malaysia to determine further possible risk factors.…”
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