Diabetes and Insulin Therapy, but Not Metformin, Are Related to Hepatocellular Cancer Risk by Luca Miele, Cristina Bosetti, Federica Turati, Gianlodovico Rapaccini, Antonio Gasbarrini, Carlo La Vecchia, Stefania Boccia, Antonio Grieco

“…Compared to nondiabetic subjects who were never smokers, those who were diabetics and ever smokers had an OR of 6.61 (95% CI 3.31–13.25). …”
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Predicting lung aging using scRNA-Seq data. by Qi Song, Alex Singh, John E McDonough, Taylor S Adams, Robin Vos, Ruben De Man, Greg Myers, Laurens J Ceulemans, Bart M Vanaudenaerde, Wim A Wuyts, Xiting Yan, Jonas Schupp, James S Hagood, Naftali Kaminski, Ziv Bar-Joseph

“…Our results identified lung epithelial cells as the most significant predictors for non-smokers while lung endothelial cells led to the best chronological age prediction results for smokers.…”
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Vaping Epidemic in Pakistan: A Silently Emerging Public Health Concern by Farhan Muhammad Qureshi, Samira Faiz Bari, Syeda Sehrish Zehra

“…Considering a less harmful tobacco substitute, there has been a massive rise in vaping prevalence not only in traditional smokers but in not or never smokers 3. VPs was initiated and promoted as safe and endorsed as a traditional smoking cessation technique in order to counteract the detrimental effects of smoking, while concurrently act as a mood enhancer and pleasure with a sense of euphoria 4.   …”
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How Did the COVID‐19 Pandemic Change Cigarette Smoking Behavior? by Jason Semprini

“…Baseline smoking prevalence was 15.9% in the late wave, with an average of 12.5 cigarettes smoked per day among smokers. 8.6% of the late‐wave respondents attempted to quit smoking in the past year. …”
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Modeling the determinants of cigarette consumption in Iranian households with children under 5 years of age using the Income and Expenditure Survey 2021 by Shakila Bagheri, Naser Kamyari, Saeed Hesam, Maryam Seyedtabib

“…Results Approximately 87% of households were non-smokers, with a mean daily cigarette consumption of 14.29 (SD = 8.64) among smokers. …”
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Smoking cessation is a protective factor for lung cancer onset and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study by Wei Yin, Zhuochen Lin, Wei-Jie Gong, Wen-Xuan Wang, Ying-Ying Zhu, Yi-Lin Fu, Han Yang, Jin-Xin Zhang, Peng Lin, Ji-Bin Li

“…Compared with continuous smokers, former smokers who quit smoking for more than 15 years had a lower risk of all-cause mortality (men: 0.70 [0.59–0.84]; women: 0.68 [0.56–0.84]) and LC-specific mortality (men: 0.71 [0.59–0.87]; women: 0.69 [0.56–0.86]). …”
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Active versus sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunct to varenicline treatment for smoking cessation: Study protocol for a double-blind single dummy rando... by Laurie Zawertailo, Helena Zhang, Noreen Rahmani, Tarek K Rajji, Peter Selby

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>For every two smokers who quit, one life is saved from a tobacco-related mortality. …”
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Adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care by Felix Naughton, Stephen Sutton, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Katharine Bowker, Katarzyna Campbell, Melanie Sloan

“…Local hospital data were used to estimate the denominator of pregnant smokers exposed to the materials.Results During the strict and extended time frames, 13 and 25 activation requests were received, representing 3% (95% CI 2% to 5%) and 4% (95% CI 3% to 6%) of estimated smokers, respectively. …”
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Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics by Michael Kreuter, Fabian N Fries, Titus J Brinker, Ute Mons, David A Groneberg, Anil Batra, Werner Seeger, Felix Herth, Julia Holzapfel, Tanja G Baudson, Katharina Sies, Lena Jakob, Hannah Maria Baumert, Marlene Heckl, Ana Cirac, Janina L Suhre, Verena Mathes, Hannah Spielmann, Nancy Rigotti, Tobias Raupach, Henning Gall, Claudia Bauer, Pat Marek, Chase H Harrison, Lava Taha, Andreas Owczarek, Felix J Hofmann, Roger Thomas

“…Introduction Smoking is the largest cause of preventable death globally. Most smokers smoke their first cigarette in early adolescence. …”
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Nicotine is associated with smoking dependence and vascular inflammation through cotinine: A mediation analysis by Kumboyono Kumboyono, Indah N. Chomsy, Nadya N. Shalshabilla, Hidayat Sujuti, Arie Srihardyastutie, Cholid T. Tjahjono, Teuku Heriansyah, Titin A. Wihastuti

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 200 participants grouped into two groups based on their smoking status: 100 smokers and 100 non-smokers. All participants were men aged 20–40 years with no history of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, or dyslipidemia, and were not currently on medication. …”
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Associations of Opium Use with Metabolic Syndrome in Fasa PERSIAN Cohort Study: A Population-Based Study by Rafat Shadmehr, Mehdi Sharafi, Mohammadhossien Shahabzadeh, Mostafa Bijani, Rahim Sharafkhani, Babak Pezeshki, Abdolmajid Ghasemian, Azizallah Dehghan

“…The odds of metabolic syndrome in smokers was lower than in non-smokers (OR = 1.17%, 95% CI 1.001–1.37). …”
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State policy in the field of ensuring road safety in Ukraine through the prism of regulatory initiatives: analysis and prospects for implementation by S. O. Shatrava, D. Ye. Denyshchuk, O. V. Pohorilets

“…The position that road users, including children, should be trained in three stages has been supported: 1) elementary level is for preschool children; 2) safety basics is for primary school (teaching safe driving for themselves and others on electric scooters, monowheels, segways and similar vehicles); 3) full-fledged study, in particular, according to the programme for training drivers of scooters, motorcycles and cars, with mandatory testing of knowledge by means of an exam, is for secondary school.…”
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Quercetin Protects Primary Human Osteoblasts Exposed to Cigarette Smoke through Activation of the Antioxidative Enzymes HO-1 and SOD-1 by Karl F. Braun, Sabrina Ehnert, Thomas Freude, José T. Egaña, Thilo L. Schenck, Arne Buchholz, Andreas Schmitt, Sebastian Siebenlist, Lilianna Schyschka, Markus Neumaier, Ulrich Stöckle, Andreas K. Nussler

“…Smokers frequently suffer from impaired fracture healing often due to poor bone quality and stability. …”
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Glucocorticoid receptor expression in human bronchial epithelial cells: effects of smoking and COPD by M. M. Verheggen, P. W. C. Adriaansen-Soeting, C. A. Berrevoets, P. Th. W. van Hal, A. O. Brinkmann, H. C. Hoogsteden, M. A. Versnel

“…Our results are the first indication that cultured HBEC from smokers possess GR with a lower binding affinity. …”
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Cigarette smoking and perceived risk of cardiovascular disease in Iran by Fatemeh Zarghami, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Reza Abed-Tazehabadi, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Ali Shahryari

“…On the other hand, studies have shown that most smokers do not have a real understanding of the cardiovascular health hazards of smoking. …”
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Une genre de nouvelle discrimination chromatique by R. J. Aeschlimann

“…A trend such as the red sneakers one is a pretext to distinguish between social classes. …”
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Genetic and Biochemical Alterations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Jackie L. Johnson, Smitha Pillai, Srikumar P. Chellappan

“…How these pathways differ between smokers and non-smokers is also important for clinical treatment strategies and development of targeted therapies. …”
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Electronic cigarette use in relation to changes in smoking status and respiratory symptoms by Linnéa Hedman<sup>+<sup>, Gustaf Lyytinen<sup>+<sup>, Helena Backman, Magnus Lundbäck, Caroline Stridsman, Anne Lindberg, Hannu Kankaanranta, Lina Rönnebjerg, Eva Rönmark, Linda Ekerljung

“…Those who were persistent smokers reported increasing respiratory symptoms. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of adult overweight and obesity in Southwestern China by Xiao-Qiang Zhang, Hua-An Du, Chuan Huang, Jian-Xiong Liu, Yong-Mei Hu, Ya Liu, Xiao-Bo Huang

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis suggested that women, non-smokers, ex-smokers, being hypertensive and diabetic were related to higher obesity prevalence, and that physically active adults and those aged 65–79 years were less likely to have obesity.ConclusionObesity and overweight were prevalent in Southwestern China, especially among women, those with diabetes and/or hypertension, and those who have quitted smoking for more than 3 years.…”
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Chronic Airflow Limitation, Lower Respiratory Symptoms, COPD and Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Middle-Aged Population: The Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS). A Link Bet... by Andersson A, Bergqvist J, Schiöler L, Bossios A, Farnebo L, Holmlund T, Janson C, Keceli S, Ljunggren M, Malinovschi A, Memarian E, Nihlén U, Nilsson PM, Pesonen I, Sjöström M, Stenfors N, Sundbom F, Werner M, Torén K, Sköld M, Hellgren J

“…CRS was more-prevalent among subjects in the following categories: CAL (7.6%), lower airway symptoms (15.7%), current smokers (8.2%), asthma (13.6%), never-smokers and ever-smokers with COPD (17.6% and 15.3%, respectively), emphysema (6.7%), and chronic bronchitis (24.5%). …”
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