Browsing by Subject "Smoking"

BMI perception of undergraduate students on caffeine intake, smoking and physical exercise

Shorna, Fatema (Brac University, 2020-01)

Obesity is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As being overweight and obese makes an individual vulnerable to other likely associated chronic and life-long diseases. It is obvious now-a-days, ...

Current perspectives on cancer prevention strategies: implications for Bangladesh

Afrin, Sajia (BRAC Univeristy, 2016-09)

Cancer is a very complex disease. Many cancers remain incurable. However, risk of cancer can be reduced through appropriate measures. Good lifestyle choices like having a healthy diet, regular physical activity,reducing ...

Efficient monitoring of illicit activities: identifying smokers through human activity recognition

Amin, Nafiun Al; Haider, Ayan; Naomi, Tasmia Tarannum; Rahman, Rafid Sadman; Zaman, Nusaiba (Brac University, 2024-07)

The use of security surveillance systems is becoming more prevalent, causing them to become an excellent tool for major crime prevention. However, niche crimes such as the use of cigarettes and other forms of smoking ...

Impact of tobacco smoking, betel quid chewing and alcohol consumption habits in patients with oral cavity cancer in Bangladesh

Debnath, Kala Chand; Uddin, Md Sahab; Goswami, Srijan; Herrera-Calderon, Oscar; Kabir, Md Tanvir; Hasan, Md Fakhrul; Lucky, Kamrun Nahar; Khanum, Sayema; Abdel-Daim, Mohamed Mohamed (© 2017, Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2017)

Background and Objective: Worldwide cancer is an important public health problem. Tobacco smoking, betel quid chewing and alcohol consumption are closely linked with the oral cavity cancer. Therefore, the aim of this study ...

A narrative review on association of smoking with genetic polymorphism leading different life threatening diseases

Jahan, Jinat (Brac University, 2024-04)

Genetic polymorphism has a very strong correlation with different kinds of diseases. Smoking causes genetic changes which are responsible for diseases like cancers, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, infertility etc. Mutations ...

Physician’s attitude towards smoking: a survey based study in Bangladesh

Numan, Md. Shibly (Brac University, 2018-09)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), smoking is the major cause of death throughout the world. In order to understand the physician’s attitude towards smoking, we devised various statements and questions for ...

Prevalence of Insomnia and its associated risk factors among university students of Bangladesh

Ifty, Mehzabeen (BRAC University, 2024-05)

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterized by nocturnal and diurnal symptoms including dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality, trouble initiating or maintaining sleep and significant discomfort and impaired ...

A review on health consequences of smoking and its prevention

Zobayer, Md. Zaheer (BRAC University, 2018-12)

Like most people, we all heard how dangerous smoking is for health. However, we do not understand the bad effects entirely. Cigarettes are made of Tobacco that contains nicotine, which is an extremely addictive drug that ...

Score based risk assessment of lung cancer and its evaluation for Bangladeshi people

Background: The problem of cancer, especially lung cancer, is very acute in Bangladesh. The present study was conducted to evaluate the risk of lung cancer among Bangladeshi people based on hereditary, socio-economic and ...