Due to their similarity to tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) could play an
important role in tobacco harm reduction. However, the public health community remains …

Purpose Although knowledge sharing in online communities has been studied for many
years, little is known about the determinants for individuals' knowledge sharing in online …

Tobacco consumption, or smoking, is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality
worldwide, including in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In order to reduce the …

We examine the association between education and smoking by women in the population,
including smoking during pregnancy, and identify risk factors for smoking and the …

The use of wealth as a measure of socioeconomic status (SES) remains uncommon in
epidemiological studies. When used, wealth is often measured crudely and at a single point …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate gender-specific differences between individual adverse
childhood experiences (ACEs) and smoking behaviours in adulthood; while controlling for …

Aims: To assess the association of parental education, childhood living conditions and
adversities with daily smoking in early adulthood and to analyse the effect of the …

Economic growth has a significant impact on health vulnerability primarily through the
process of urbanization. This paper conducts a pioneer study by analyzing the impact of …

Background Why lower socioeconomic groups behave less healthily can only partly be
explained by direct costs of behaving healthily. We hypothesize that low income increases …

Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rapidly becoming leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-income countries, including those in sub …