Publications by authors named "Zoltan Brys"
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- * A study analyzing purchases from 2,000 households between 2010-2018 found that while the tax initially led to decreased consumption, there was a rebound over time, correlating with increased disposable income.
- * The tax also worsened inequality, as lower-income households spent a larger share of their budget on taxed products, indicating that while effective short-term, these taxes alone may not sustain long-term dietary change without additional interventions.
Introduction: Policies that reduce tobacco retail density to decrease tobacco use among the youth are critical for the tobacco endgame. This paper reviews a Hungarian tobacco regulatory measure, which, since 2013, has confined the sale of tobacco products exclusively to so-called National Tobacco Shops, summarises the changes in the national tobacco retail marketplace and reports on analyses of the impact of this intervention on illegal sales to minors and adolescent smoking behaviour.
Methods: We reviewed the available national statistical data on the structure and dynamics of the tobacco retail market.
Introduction: In 2021, vaccines against COVID-19 became widely available in Hungary, but a part of the population refuses to be vaccinated, which hinders the control of the pandemic. Objective: To explore the sociodemographic characteristics of the Hungarian vaccination-refusing population and to preliminarily explore the reasons behind their refusal. Methods: In December 2021, survey data were collected online using quota-sampling among the Hungarian population aged 18-65 years with internee access.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Nagyszámú kutatás igazolta, hogy a dohányzás növeli a legjelentősebb krónikus betegségek kockázatát. Habár 2009 óta csökkenő tendenciát mutat Magyarországon a hagyományos dohányzók aránya, az e-cigarettát kipróbálóké az utóbbi években folyamatosan növekszik.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaping-Related Adverse Events and Perceived Health Improvements: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Daily E-Cigarette Users.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
August 2021
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- A cross-sectional study examined self-reported health improvements and adverse events related to e-cigarette use among Hungarian adults, revealing that more former e-cigarette users reported adverse events compared to current users.
- Current exclusive users reported higher health improvements than both former users and dual users, with exclusive users showing even greater benefits.
- The study suggests that user characteristics and device/e-liquid types significantly influence the reporting of health improvements and adverse events, contrasting with findings from web-based surveys.
In lack of professional research and appropriate concepts our scientific knowledge of psychedelic agents is limited. According to the long-held official view these drugs are entirely harmful and have no medical use. However, a recent surge of clinical and pharmacological studies in the field indicates that many psychedelic-like agents have therapeutic potentials under proper circumstances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNetwork analysis of neurotransmitter related human kinase genes: possible role of SRC, RAF1, PTK2B?
Neuropsychopharmacol Hung
September 2013
Previous co-expression analysis of human kinase genes highlighted 119 genes in neurotransmitter-related activity (based on Go:Terms). Using a merged interactome dataset, we analyzed the network of these Neurotransmitter Related Human Kinase Genes. Using the full interactome dataset we extended the network and calculating degrees and closeness centralities we identified SRC, MAPK1, RAF1, PTK2B and AKT1 kinase genes as potentially relevant nodes which did not show relevant activity in the original experimental study.
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