Search for dissertations about: "Tobacco"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 260 swedish dissertations containing the word Tobacco.

  2. 21. Harm and harm reduction in smokeless tobacco users. An in vitro and clinical study

    Author : Mats Wallström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cessation; nicotine replacement; smokeless tobacco; immunotoxicity; oral mucosa; snuff; reversibility; Langerhans cells; rat oral epithelium; nicotine;

    Abstract : Background: This thesis describes the effects of smokeless tobacco (ST) and its derivatives on the oral mucosa; the development of, and results of applying a cessation program for snuff users with long and extensive exposure; and the persistent clinical and histomorphological changes after cessation. Methods: Three of the studies were open prospective non-randomized clinical intervention trials using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) of either 4 mg nicotine chewing gum or 2 mg nicotine lozenges. READ MORE

  4. 22. Secondary exposure to inhaled tobacco products

    Author : Matz Larsson; Scott M. Montgomery; Kjell Larsson; Bo Lundbäck; Luke Clancy; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; Medicin;

    Abstract : Även andra individer än rökaren kan påverkas av tobaksrökning. Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka några sådana effekter. Studierna omfattar såväl passiv rökning som exponering under graviditet. READ MORE

  5. 23. From a uni-dimensional to a multi-dimensional health promotion perspective. Promoting a tobacco-free generation based on a motivational structure of behaviour

    Author : Margareta von Bothmer; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : adolescence; behaviour; gender differences; health habits; Merleau-Ponty; meaning; motivation; personality trait; self-rated health; sense of coherence; student; tobacco-use;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to expand the knowledge of decisive factors acting on health behaviour at an intrapersonal and interpersonal level, and to obtain a deeper understanding of smoking behaviour. A university student population (n= 332) was used in order to investigate self-rated health and health habits in relation to different personality traits and motivation for a healthy lifestyle (sub-studies I-II). READ MORE

  6. 24. Tobacco smoking and vertical periodontal bone loss

    Author : Mostafa Baljoon; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cigarette smoking is associated with increased prevalence and severity of destructive periodontal disease in terms of periodontal pocketing, periodontal bone loss, and tooth loss. The smoking destructive effect on periodontal bone may be of even "horizontal" or vertical "angular" pattern. READ MORE

  7. 25. Tobacco smoking, nicotine dependence and smoking cessation

    Author : Karl-Olov Fagerström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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