Biomedical subjects

A O Goldstein

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PubMed1992

Youth and tobacco: addiction and death.

Tobacco use by youth is a serious problem that can be handled by the combined attention of parents, youth advocates, health professional and youths themselves. Tobacco related addictions kill over 2,000,000 people worldwide every year and over 8,000 people in North Carolina. The best way to end such killings is to focus on prevention. Adolescents themselves can become leading advocates for a smokefree society and a healthier North Carolina for all of us.

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PubMed1992

Acute bronchitis.

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Acute Disease↗

PubMed1992

Hospital efforts in smoking control: remaining barriers and challenges.

BACKGROUND: This study reports the barriers and challenges for hospital tobacco control efforts after the institution of smoke-free policies. METHODS: Surveys of employees and inpatients of five hospitals in Augusta, Georgia, were conducted and evaluated 4 months after joint hospital implementation of smoke-free policies. A random sample of 1997 employees and a convenience sample of 517 inpatients returned usable surveys. RESULTS: Although attitudes to the hospital bans on smoking reflected strong support for smoke-free policies, four out of five hospitals reported significant implementation problems. Despite the bans, 49% of patients who were smokers continued to smoke while hospitalized, and almost one half of all hospitalized smokers had received no advice to quit smoking from a physician or a nurse since admission. Employees and patients both agreed that the smoke-free policies had benefited employees more than patients. CONCLUSIONS: Despite achieving a smoke-free status, there are many challenges that remain for comprehensive hospital tobacco-control efforts. Hospitals and health care professionals must remain particularly alert and attentive to the needs of patients and employees still addicted to tobacco.

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PubMed1991

Brand logo recognition by children aged 3 to 6 years. Mickey Mouse and Old Joe the Camel.

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the influence of advertising on very young children. We, therefore, measured product logo recognition by subjects aged 3 to 6 years. DESIGN: Children were instructed to match logos with one of 12 products pictured on a game board. Twenty-two logos were tested, including those representing children's products, adult products, and those for two popular cigarette brands (Camel and Marlboro). SETTING: Preschools in Augusta and Atlanta, Ga. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 229 children attending preschool. RESULTS: The children demonstrated high rates of logo recognition. When analyzed by product category, the level of recognition of cigarette logos was intermediate between children's and adult products. The recognition rates of The Disney Channel logo and Old Joe (the cartoon character promoting Camel cigarettes) were highest in their respective product categories. Recognition rates increased with age. Approximately 30% of 3-year-old children correctly matched Old Joe with a picture of a cigarette compared with 91.3% of 6-year-old children. CONCLUSION: Very young children see, understand, and remember advertising. Given the serious health consequences of smoking, the exposure of children to environmental tobacco advertising may represent an important health risk and should be studied further.

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PubMed1991