Environmental health and preventive medicine
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Environ Health Prev Med · Jun 2020
Changes in smoking behavior among victims after the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami.
In areas affected by the tsunami of the great East Japan Earthquake, smoking behavior may have deteriorated due to high stress and drastic changes in living environment. Surveys were conducted to reveal changes in smoking behaviors among victims. ⋯ Smoking prevalence and the level of nicotine dependence of tsunami victims were still high even 3 years after the disaster. It is important to emphasize measures for smoking control in the disaster areas for an extended time period.