The countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States differ substantially in their post-
Soviet economic development but face many of the same challenges to health and health …

The Central Asian region, which encompasses Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, is an interesting geographic region with a rich history dating …

Objective To quantify and communicate risk equivalencies for alcohol-and tobacco-
attributable mortality by comparing per standard drinks consumed to per number of …

Abstract Background The Russian Federation (Russia) has one of the highest smoking rates
in the world. The purpose of this study is to analyze past and current trends of the tobacco …

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 …

Poorer mental health is linked to a lower likelihood of voting in elections. However, little is
known about this association in non-Western settings. This study examined the association …

Worry about crime has been linked to several detrimental outcomes including worse mental
health. However, there has been little research on the association between worry about …

Background Studies have shown that the prevalence of mental illness can vary between
urban and rural locations. This study extended research to the countries of the former Soviet …

The FRESHAIR4Life study aims to reduce the non-communicable disease (NCD) burden by
implementing preventive interventions targeting adolescents' exposure to tobacco use and …

Background Knowledge about the harms of tobacco use deters initiation and is associated
with cessation. Most studies on this knowledge in the general population have been in high …