scholarly journals Social media: An opportunity to reduce hookah smoke during an outbreak of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 056-057
Author(s):  
Bashirian Saeed ◽  
Ezati Elahe
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Secondhand Smoke ◽  
Health Warnings ◽  
The World ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic ◽  
Exposure To Secondhand Smoke

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health warnings in the world, and 8 million people die every year due to smoking, of which 7 million die due to direct smoking and 2.1 million due to exposure to secondhand smoke [1].

scholarly journals Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling of Indonesian Public Conversation about COVID-19 Epidemics on Twitter

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Muhammad Habibi ◽  
Adri Priadana ◽  
Muhammad Rifqi Ma’arif
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Latent Dirichlet Allocation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in more than six million confirmed cases and more than 371,000 deaths globally on June 1, 2020. The incident sparked a flood of scientific research to help society deal with the virus, both inside and outside the medical domain. Research related to public health analysis and public conversations about the spread of COVID-19 on social media is one of the highlights of researchers in the world. People can analyze information from social media as supporting data about public health. Analyzing public conversations will help the relevant authorities understand public opinion and information gaps between them and the public, helping them develop appropriate emergency response strategies to address existing problems in the community during the pandemic and provide information on the population's emotions in different contexts. However, research related to the analysis of public health and public conversations was so far conducted only through supervised analysis of textual data. In this study, we aim to analyze specifically the sentiment and topic modeling of Indonesian public conversations about the COVID-19 on Twitter using the NLP technique. We applied some methods to analyze the sentiment to obtain the best classification method. In this study, the topic modeling was carried out unsupervised using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). The results of this study reveal that the most frequently discussed topic related to the COVID-19 pandemic is economic issues.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE AND ATTITUDE OF ADOLESCENTS TO SMOKING

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6(56)) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
A.A. Babaeva
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Secondhand Smoke ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Important Public Health Problem ◽  
Important Public Health ◽  
Exposure To Secondhand Smoke

Tobacco use is an important public health problem. According to various authors, the prevalence of smoking varies considerably. In the average large Russian cities of adolescence and adolescence, 37% of boys and 25.5% of girls smoke. Objective of the study: to study the prevalence and causes of smoking among schoolchildren. Research methods: anonymous questioning of students in grades 7-11 of a comprehensive school. The results of the study demonstrate the need to raise awareness of the child population about the health risks of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, as well as to promote a healthy lifestyle.

scholarly journals World Health Organization Strategies to Reduce Smoking

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Nadia Aguilar Castro ◽  
Eduardo Hernández Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
The World ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic ◽  
Health Organization

Today, tobacco is a serious public health problem considered a risk factor in chronic diseases and its complications. Tobacco habit is a risk factor completely modifiable, so it is important to quit this bad habit at all ages. Due to tobacco epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the Monitor, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforce and Raise (MPOWER) Brochures and the importance of the use of social marketing as a tool of educational communication to transmit health information clearly, and promote healthy lifestyles, reinforce knowledge, attitudes or behaviors.

scholarly journals The Global Tobacco Epidemic, the Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products, and the World Trade Organization

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rimmer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Plain Packaging ◽  
The World ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic ◽  
The Government

In response to complaints by Ukraine, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Indonesia, the government of Australia has defended the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products in the World Trade Organization. This article focuses upon the legal defence of Australia before the WTO Panel. A key part of its defence has been the strong empirical evidence for the efficacy of plain packaging of tobacco products as a legitimate health measure designed to combat the global tobacco epidemic. Australia has provided a convincing case that plain packaging of tobacco products is compatible with the TRIPS Agreement 1994, particularly the clauses relating to the aims and objectives of the agreement; the requirements in respect of trade mark law; and the parallel measures in relation to access to essential medicines. Australia has also defended the consistency of plain packaging of tobacco products with the TBT Agreement 1994. Moreover, Australia has provided clear reasons for why the plain packaging of tobacco products is compatible with GATT. The position of Australia has been reinforced by a number of third parties — such as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Canada, and others — which have also been pioneers in tobacco control and public health. Australia’s leadership in respect of tobacco control and plain packaging of tobacco products is further supported by larger considerations in respect of international public health law, human rights, and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Picture of a pandemic: visual aids in the COVID-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-485
Author(s):  
Ryoko Hamaguchi ◽  
Saman Nematollahi ◽  
Daniel J Minter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Information ◽  
Public Health Advocacy

Abstract As a global crisis, COVID-19 has underscored the challenge of disseminating evidence-based public health recommendations amidst a rapidly evolving, often uncensored information ecosystem—one fueled in part by an unprecedented degree of connected afforded through social media. In this piece, we explore an underdiscussed intersection between the visual arts and public health, focusing on the use of validated infographics and other forms of visual communication to rapidly disseminate accurate public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. We illustrate our arguments through our own experience in creating a validated infographic for patients, now disseminated through social media and other outlets across the world in nearly 20 translations. Visual communication offers a creative and practical medium to bridge critical health literacy gaps, empower diverse patient communities through evidence-based information and facilitate public health advocacy during this pandemic and the ‘new normal’ that lies ahead.

scholarly journals The effects of tobacco control policies on global smoking prevalence

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Luisa S. Flor ◽  
Marissa B. Reitsma ◽  
Vinay Gupta ◽  
Marie Ng ◽  
Emmanuela Gakidou
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
World Health ◽  
Smoking Bans ◽  
Health Warnings ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Tobacco Control Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic

AbstractSubstantial global effort has been devoted to curtailing the tobacco epidemic over the past two decades, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control1 by the World Health Organization in 2003. In 2015, in recognition of the burden resulting from tobacco use, strengthened tobacco control was included as a global development target in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development2. Here we show that comprehensive tobacco control policies—including smoking bans, health warnings, advertising bans and tobacco taxes—are effective in reducing smoking prevalence; amplified positive effects are seen when these policies are implemented simultaneously within a given country. We find that if all 155 countries included in our counterfactual analysis had adopted smoking bans, health warnings and advertising bans at the strictest level and raised cigarette prices to at least 7.73 international dollars in 2009, there would have been about 100 million fewer smokers in the world in 2017. These findings highlight the urgent need for countries to move toward an accelerated implementation of a set of strong tobacco control practices, thus curbing the burden of smoking-attributable diseases and deaths.

scholarly journals The Global Tobacco Epidemic, the Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products, and the World Trade Organization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rimmer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Plain Packaging ◽  
The World ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic ◽  
The Government

In response to complaints by Ukraine, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Indonesia, the Government of Australia has defended the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products in the World Trade Organization. This article focuses upon the legal defence of Australia before the WTO Panel. A key part of its defence has been the strong empirical evidence for the efficacy of plain packaging of tobacco products as a legitimate health measure designed to combat the global tobacco epidemic. Australia has provided a convincing case that plain packaging of tobacco products is compatible with the TRIPS Agreement 1994 – particularly the clauses relating to the aims and objectives of the agreement; the requirements in respect of trade mark law; and the parallel measures in relation to access to essential medicines. Australia has also defended the consistency of plain packaging of tobacco products with the TBT Agreement 1994. Moreover, Australia has provided clear reasons for why the plain packaging of tobacco products is compatible with GATT. The position of Australia has been reinforced by a number of third parties – such as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Canada, and others - which have also been pioneers in tobacco control and public health. Australia’s leadership in respect of tobacco control and plain packaging of tobacco products is further supported by larger considerations in respect of international public health law, human rights, and sustainable development.

COVID-19 Misinformation and Toxicological Consequences (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amrollahi-Sharifabadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
New Strategies

UNSTRUCTURED The new Corona virus pandemic alarmed the world. Misinformation regarding prevention and treatment for safeguarding against this pandemic seemed to be more contagious and hazardous than the Corona virus. Public health authorities in the world tried to battle this virtual virus by offering true information and correcting misinformation. However, the public misinformation through social media caused toxicological consequences in some parts of the world which provoked awareness, response, and concern of the public health authorities including the FDA and toxicology community. On the other hand, finding new strategies for the prevention and treatment of the corona virus again stress the roles of toxicology, infodemiology, and social media. Hundreds of chemicals are being tested to be prophylactic medications or healing drugs for the corona virus. Therefore, spread accurate information and edit misinformation will be crucial. Conclusively, toxicology education to the public is a necessity and conducting more toxicological infodemiology studies recommended.

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