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Social well-being is the ability to interact in a healthy way with those around us. This involves having supportive friends and family, developing deep connections, and the ability to communicate in healthy ways.
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Design of a Community Based Lung Cancer Education, Prevention and Screening Program

Uptake of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening is extremely low…

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Promoting Community Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening among Disparate Populations: Results of the cancer-Community Awareness Access Research and Education (c-CARE) Project

Lung cancer is the no. 1 cause of cancer death in the United States. Racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved populations suffer higher mortality than whites… 

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Adolescents’ self-defined tobacco use status, marijuana use, and tobacco dependence

Aims: To examine differences in tobacco use and dependence between adolescents who are and are not marijuana users…

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Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson, Pamela A. Ratner, and Joy L. Johnson

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Correlates of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure among persons with severe mental illness accessing community mental health services.

To examine the correlates of secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure in a sample of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) accessing community mental health services…

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Gender-specific profiles of tobacco use among non-institutionalized people with serious mental illness.

In many countries, smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death. In North America, reductions in population smoking levels are stabilizing and, in recent years, those involved in tobacco control programming…

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Smoking and predictors of nicotine dependence in a homeless population.

To assess prevalence rates of tobacco use and dependence in a sample of homeless individuals and to investigate trends for demographic and clinical characteristics across different levels of nicotine dependence…

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Outcomes of a tobacco treatment program for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness attending a community mental health team

Individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses have a greater prevalence of smoking than the general population and are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related morbidity and mortality…

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Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and susceptibility to smoking, perceived addiction, and psychobehavioral symptoms among college students

To examine the association of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure with susceptibility to smoking perceived addiction, and psychobehavioral effects of exposure among never- and ever-smoking college students…

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Airborne nicotine, secondhand smoke, and precursors to adolescent smoking.

Secondhand smoke (SHS) directly increases exposure to airborne nicotine, tobacco's main psychoactive substance…

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