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View article: Lessons from Geroscience to End Smoking and Promote Healthy Aging
Lessons from Geroscience to End Smoking and Promote Healthy Aging Open
Smoking acts as an aging accelerant, and smokers can lose up to a decade of life expectancy to tobacco. This difference from non-smokers has long been reflected in the life insurance industry’s higher premiums for smokers. However, as well…
View article: Understanding research gaps and priorities for tobacco harm reduction in low-income and middle-income countries
Understanding research gaps and priorities for tobacco harm reduction in low-income and middle-income countries Open
Introduction: Tobacco use is among the leading preventable causes of premature death worldwide, with disproportionate effects in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global tobacco control efforts have shown inconsistent results…
View article: Review of: "[Commentary] The WHO strategies to reduce tobacco-related deaths are insufficient"
Review of: "[Commentary] The WHO strategies to reduce tobacco-related deaths are insufficient" Open
Potential competing interests: No potential competing interests to declare.Lars Ramstrom continues to provide powerful data on the benefits of snus and nicotine pouches to those who smoke or use toxic forms of smokeless tobacco.This commen…
View article: Applications of biomarkers of exposure and biological effects in users of new generation tobacco and nicotine products: Tentative proposals
Applications of biomarkers of exposure and biological effects in users of new generation tobacco and nicotine products: Tentative proposals Open
Despite efforts to eliminate smoking, more than 1 billion people worldwide continue to use combustible cigarettes through choice or inability to quit. With an associated 8 million deaths, the provision of noncombustible tobacco and nicotin…
View article: Accelerating an end to smoking: a call to action on the eve of the FCTC’s COP9
Accelerating an end to smoking: a call to action on the eve of the FCTC’s COP9 Open
Purpose The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of the WHO. This study aims to describe progress toward the framework’s goals, setbacks and strategi…
View article: Physical activity is associated with improvements in other lifestyle behaviours
Physical activity is associated with improvements in other lifestyle behaviours Open
Introduction We tested whether physical activity (PA) engagement is subsequently associated with additional health-promoting behaviours in a large-scale, real-world programme leveraging technology and behavioural science to reward healthy …
View article: Tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery alternatives: patterns of product use and perceptions in 13 countries
Tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery alternatives: patterns of product use and perceptions in 13 countries Open
Background: Smoking tobacco products remains a significant public health problem. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World commissioned a 13-country survey to gain a clearer understanding of the current landscape of smoking behavior and prefe…
View article: Tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery alternatives: patterns of product use and perceptions in 13 countries
Tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery alternatives: patterns of product use and perceptions in 13 countries Open
Background: Smoking tobacco products remains a significant public health problem. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World commissioned a 13-country survey to gain a clearer understanding of the current landscape of smoking behavior and prefe…
View article: “Isfahan Healthy Heart Program”: A Practical Model of Implementation in a Developing Country
“Isfahan Healthy Heart Program”: A Practical Model of Implementation in a Developing Country Open
There are few models that describe the experience of implementing multisectoral community-based programs of noncommunicable diseases prevention in developing countries. We describe the barriers and facilitators in implementing the “Isfahan…
View article: What I Have Learned about Advocating for Health Promotion
What I Have Learned about Advocating for Health Promotion Open
Presenting at a TEDx event provided the perfect stage for advocating for better health.[1] The TEDx organizers and coaches work with the presenters to sharpen the arguments to focus on a core idea and to improve its delivery to a general a…
View article: The Role of the Private Sector in Tilting Health Systems Toward Chronic Disease Prevention
The Role of the Private Sector in Tilting Health Systems Toward Chronic Disease Prevention Open
Global Heart is the official and primary publication of the World Heart Federation, offering a platform for the dissemination of knowledge on research, developments, trends, solutions and public health programmes in the area of cardiovascu…
View article: How Can Progress on Global Tobacco Control Inform Progress on NCD?
How Can Progress on Global Tobacco Control Inform Progress on NCD? Open
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland's appointment as Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1998 led to a stronger global focus on tobacco control, and eventually, all noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and mental health. Since the a…
View article: World Health Organization Reform—A Normative or an Operational Organization?
World Health Organization Reform—A Normative or an Operational Organization? Open
The author reflects on World Health Organization (WHO) reform as of 2016, and it mentions organizational and operational structures, as well as initiatives launched by several former WHO directors-general such as Hiroshi Nakajima and Halfd…
View article: Health as a Cornerstone of Good Business and Sustainable Development
Health as a Cornerstone of Good Business and Sustainable Development Open
The article discusses health, business, and sustainable development in relation to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and it mentions how some governments and business sectors around the world are leading the development of environmental…