Relevant news and research: Harnessing predictors of uptake to prevent smoking

Oren, Y., Yilmaz, Z. N., Karabulut, E. E., Karadag, N. N., Bodur, N. N., Kocak, C. and Pehlivan, E. (2026). Investigation of the Relationship Between the Daily Physical Activity Level, Smoking Status, and Nicotine Dependence. Thorac Res Pract. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/42132452

Tudor, T. E., de Vries, H. and Lotrean, L. M. (2026). Smoking habits and factors that influence them among school students from rural areas of Romania. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41696538

Tataw, D. (2025). Youth Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use rates in a municipal youth and family master plan. Eval Program Plann, 102693. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40912163

Park, J. H., Prochnow, T., Lee, J. M. and Roh, T. (2025). Impact of Physical Activity on Smoking, Sleep Disorders, and Depression Among U.S. Adults. Health Educ Behav, 1.0902E+16. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40819249

Sung, B. (2025). Longitudinal Effects of Life Satisfaction on Smoking Status of Korean Adult Men. J Prev Med Public Health, 4, 388-395. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40776540

Jang, S. J., de la Rosa, P. A., Padgett, R. N., Bradshaw, M., VanderWeele, T. J. and Johnson, B. R. (2025). A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of daily smoking in adulthood. Commun Med (Lond), 1, 292. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40652021

Castillo-Paredes, A., Del Val Martin, P. and Ferrari, G. (2025). Trends in Physical Activity Research on Tobacco and/or Alcohol: A Bibliometric Analysis. Healthcare (Basel), 5. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40077091

Asar, E., Bulut, Y. E., Dindar Badem, N., Orscelik, A., Sahin, C. E., Buyukluoglu, G., Kucuk, I., Kocahan, T. and Erguder, T. (2025). Tobacco Use and Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Among Athletes; Assessment by Urine Cotinine Level and Exhaled Carbon Monoxide: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel), 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39857225

Wang, M., Wu, S., Ma, Q., Hu, H., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Zhan, S., Liu, D. and Girard, O. (2024). The role of exercise in restoring executive function: a comparison of tobacco-exposed college athletes and sedentary students. Front Physiol, 1499587. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39687517