With meta-analysis, participant-level data from five text messaging-based smoking cessation
intervention studies were pooled to investigate cessation patterns across studies and …

One-fifth of Kazakhstan's population is labor migrants working in poor conditions with limited
legal rights. This paper examines self-rated health, mental health and access to health care …

Background The US Food and Drug Administration has established a policy of substantially
discounting the health benefits of reduced smoking in its evaluation of proposed regulations …

Background: There is very little evidence globally on tobacco use and nicotine dependence
among civilian populations affected by armed conflict, despite key vulnerability factors …

Background Many studies have examined the socioeconomic variations in smoking and
quitting rates across the European region; however, data from Central and East European …

The purpose was to provide a descriptive epidemiological assessment of the incidence of
cancer of the larynx in Kazakhstan and spatial evaluation with gender characteristics. Thgis …

Background Despite evidence that many people engage in solitary drinking and that it might
be associated with negative consequences, to date, little research has focused on this form …

The purpose of the present study was to provide an assessment of the incidence of cancer of
the larynx in Kazakhstan with especial attention to ethnicity and gender, as well as age. The …

The recent tobacco excise tax increase and economic crisis reduced cigarette affordability in
Ukraine dramatically. Using survey data from Stakhanov (n= 1691), eastern Ukraine, we …

BACKGROUND: Former Soviet Union countrieshave high tobacco use prevalence, with
rateshigher among men than women. However, there islimited research regarding …