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How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions?

The tobacco industry's aggressive marketing of tobacco products and electronic (e-)cigarettes is well documented. Yet existing restrictions on tobacco and e-cigarette marketing are poorly implemented in most low- and middle-income countries. Ongoing challenges include weak implementation and enforcement of some aspects of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a lack of consensus among health professionals on how to address the tobacco industry's health claims related to e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products.

Garment workers in California: health outcomes of the Asian Immigrant Women Workers Clinic.

In this cross sectional descriptive study, the demographics, risk factors, and health outcomes of a volunteer, symptomatic sample of monolingual Cantonese garment workers in the Oakland, California Chinatown area are documented. Methods included a questionnaire and clinical examination and treatment at the Asian Immigrant Women Workers Clinic, a free clinic providing culturally focused occupational health consultation and treatment for painful musculoskeletal disorders. Because garment work involves highly repetitious, sustained awkward postures, focused education on stretching and ergonomics also was provided.

A pilot study of the relationship between discomfort and agitation in patients with dementia.

People with dementia often have painful conditions that go unnoticed because of their communication problems. Signs of pain in this population may include agitation and observable behaviors associated with discomfort. Agitation, discomfort, and severity of dementia were evaluated in 33 Veterans Affairs nursing home patients using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, the Discomfort Scale, and the Global Deterioration Scale, respectively.