Sarah E Jackson

TL;DR: Close alignment is found between estimates of long- and short-term changes in population cigarette consumption in England derived from the Smoking Toolkit Study, a monthly national survey, and recorded sales.

TL;DR: Engaging in sexual intercourse was associated with increased risk of suicide attempt and having had multiple sexual partners may also increase the risk ofsuicide attempts.

TL;DR: Cross-sectional, community-based data on individuals aged ≥50 years from the World Health Organization’s Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) conducted in South Africa were analyzed to assess the association between food insecurity and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study explored the associations between sedentary behavior and obesity in adolescents from 41 low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and found that being sedentary for ≥ 3 hours/day is associated with increased odds of obesity in adolescence.

TL;DR: The authors examined differences in negative attitudes towards vaccines in general, and intentions to vaccinate against Covid-19 specifically, by smoking status in a large sample of adults in the UK, and found that current smokers reported significantly greater mistrust of vaccine benefit, were more worried about unforeseen future effects, had greater concerns about commercial profiteering, and had a stronger preference for natural immunity.