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Rolling Tobacco in Banana Leaves, Newspaper, or Copybook Paper Associated With Significant Reduction in Lung Function in Vanuatu
- Source :
- Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 29(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In addition to the widespread availability of packaged cigarettes, the inhabitants of island nations of the Southwest Pacific frequently smoke commercially available loose tobacco using manufactured rolling papers, as well as locally grown tobacco rolled in manufactured rolling paper or wrapped in leaves, copybook paper, and newspaper. In this study, Vanuatu men who smoked local tobacco rolled in leaves, copybook paper, or newspaper showed significantly lower forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), and FEV1/FVC ratios than men who smoked packaged cigarettes, store-bought tobacco rolled in manufactured rolling paper, or who smoked locally grown tobacco rolled in manufactured rolling papers. The addition of toxins from these unusual tobacco-wrapping media produces lung function deficits similar to the pattern noted among tobacco smokers who also inhale smoke from burning biomass. Thus, public health initiatives should consider including strategies addressing the use of wrapping media among smokers in South Pacific island societies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Paper
Adolescent
Vital Capacity
Rolling paper
Newspaper
Toxicology
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Copybook
Vanuatu
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Lung
Lung function
Aged
Smoke
Aged, 80 and over
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Tobacco Smokers
Newspapers as Topic
Musa
Tobacco Products
Middle Aged
Geography
030228 respiratory system
Female
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19412479
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asia-Pacific journal of public health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5422439883d2e8daa618cab925831522