Automated Measurement of Coronary Artery Calcifications and Routine Perioperative Blood Tests Predict Survival in Resected Stage I Lung Cancer by Federica Sabia, MSc, Camilla Valsecchi, MSc, Roberta Eufrasia Ledda, MD, Giorgio Bogani, MD, Riccardo Orlandi, MD, Luigi Rolli, MD, Michele Ferrari, MD, Maurizio Balbi, MD, Alfonso Marchianò, MD, Ugo Pastorino, MD

“…Females had lower CAC values compared with males both in smokers and nonsmokers: CAC greater than or equal to 400 only for 10% of smoking females and 0% in nonsmoking females. …”
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Medical Students’ Tobacco Consumption Status and Experiences with Smoke-free Law Violations in Enclosed Spaces in Türkiye and Northern Cyprus by Dilek Aslan, Pınar Ay, Kervin Raymond, Özen Aşut, Gulifeiya Abuduxike, Meltem Şengelen, Duygu Çekici, Füsun Yıldız, Emine Ünal Evren, Ali Fuat Kalyoncu, Elif Dağlı

“…Nearly one in five students was a current tobacco user (19.9%). Smokers had higher exposure to passive smoking than non-smokers (92.0% vs. 82.5%, P = 0.009). …”
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Perfect Meals with Pressure Cooking by Paula G. Harris-Swiatko, Karla P. Shelnutt, Amy Simonne

“…Although they may seem old fashioned, pressure cookers are making a comeback, especially with today's busy families who are trying to save both time and money. …”
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Combination of ICSs and LABAs Should Be Used in the Management of Patients with COPD -- The Pro Argument by Don D Sin

“…THE EFFECTS OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROID MONOTHERAPY Airway inflammation is a prominent feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), even among ex-smokers (1), and its intensity is directly related to the severity of the underlying COPD (2). …”
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Perfect Meals with Pressure Cooking by Paula G. Harris-Swiatko, Karla P. Shelnutt, Amy Simonne

“…Although they may seem old fashioned, pressure cookers are making a comeback, especially with today's busy families who are trying to save both time and money. …”
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Study of a Fractal-Fractional Smoking Models with Relapse and Harmonic Mean Type Incidence Rate by Zareen A. Khan, Mati ur Rahman, Kamal Shah

“…The proposed scheme is used to simulate the available data for some smoking community including potential, light, and quit smokers. Various graphical presentations are given to understand the dynamics of the model at various fractional orders.…”
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Associations between adolescents’ cognitive distortion and misperceptions about cigarette smoking by Jia Cindy Xinshan, Cheung Chau-Kiu, Li Li

“…Logistic regression analyses revealed that cognitive distortion significantly associated with underestimation of the friend’s smoking status, especially among non-smokers. It implies reducing cognitive distortion may be useful for preventing cigarette smoking.…”
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Determinants of Success in Revision Cochlear Implant Surgeries: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Patient, Surgical, and Radiological Factors by Sarah Alshehri, Thikra Khalid Hamdi Alasmari

“…Smoking status, when comparing smokers to non-smokers, was associated with unfavorable outcomes (20.00% vs. 45.83%, OR: 2.01, 95% CI: 1.01–4.01, <i>p</i> = 0.048), and a history of previous surgeries (21.43% vs. 37.50%, OR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.03–3.71, <i>p</i> = 0.033) was significantly associated with unfavorable outcomes. …”
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Role of Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Regulation of T-Helper Immune Response in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Karolina A. Sidletskaya, Tatyana I. Vitkina, Yulia K. Denisenko, Elena E. Mineeva

“…The study included 323 smokers/ex-smokers with stable COPD (GOLD I, GOLD II, and GOLD III) and 97 healthy nonsmokers (control group). …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease by smoking status by Olga V. Nakhratova, Daria P. Tsygankova, Joseph M. Tsenter, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev

“…Out of examined patients, 107 were considered active smokers. To determine the smoking status, the level of motivation to quit smoking, degree of nicotine dependence, and type of smoking behavior were evaluated using the K. …”
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Prevalence of neutropenia in the U.S. among reproductive-aged women: a population-based analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Junfeng Chen, Shuangna Song, Yiran Li

“…Moreover, compared to non-smokers in the racial populations, including white, Mexican American, and black people, the smokers exhibited significantly elevated mean leukocyte count and mean neutrophil count. …”
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Estimating the association between cigarette and e-cigarette use patterns and SARS-CoV-2 negative conversion time: retrospective online survey in China by Ying Xie, Yinghua Li, Zheng Su, Xueyan Han, Zhao Liu, Zhenxiao Huang, Anqi Cheng, Xinmei Zhou, Jinxuan Li, Rui Qin, Xiaowen Wei, Yi Liu, Xin Xia, Qingqing Song, Liang Zhao, Kian Fan Chung, Dan Xiao, Chen Wang

“…Compared with never users, current exclusive smokers (multi-variable adjusted HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.48–0.71), current dual users (HR 0.31, 95% CI 0.22–0.44), and previous smokers (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.37–0.83) took longer to turn negative after 10 days of follow-up. …”
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Supraglottic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Renda Alhabib, Chaker Zaidi, Abdulrahman Alfryyan, Hanan Albenayyan, Ibrahim Alotain

“…This type of cancer is more prevalent among men aged 50–83 who are heavy smokers. NENs encompass paragangliomas and epithelial neoplasms. …”
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Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule on a Lung Cancer Screening CT by Hassan Baig, Sushilkumar Sonavane, Ian Makey, Jorge Mallea, Andras Khoor

“…Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare inflammatory condition that mostly affects lungs in smokers. On imaging, it usually presents as multiple, upper lobe predominant, solid, and cavitary nodules, but presentation as solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is rare. …”
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Association between Family Structure, Parental Smoking, Friends Who Smoke, and Smoking Behavior in Adolescents with Asthma by Francisco Vázquez-Nava, José María Peinado-Herreros, Atenógenes H. Saldívar-Gonzalez, Ma Del Carmen Barrientos-Gómez, Francisco J. Beltrán-Guzmán, Jesus Perez-Martin, José A. Cordóva-Fernández, Carlos F. Vázquez-Rodríguez

“…It is important that parents who have children with asthma be made aware that the presence of smokers in the home and adolescent fraternization with smoking friends not only favor the worsening of asthma, but also induce the habit of smoking.…”
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Passive exposure and perceptions of smoke-free policies in hospital and university campuses among nursing students: A cross-sectional multicenter study by Marcela Fu, Yolanda Castellano, Kenza Laroussy, Antoni Baena, Mercè Margalef, Ariadna Feliu, Jordi Galimany-Masclans, Montse Puig-Llobet, Carmen Moreno-Arroyo, Raül Sancho, Albert Bueno, Antonio López, Joseph Guydish, Esteve Fernández, Cristina Martínez

“…Approximately 33% supported the regulation to make outdoor healthcare campuses smoke-free, which was higher among third-year students compared to first-year students (APR=1.41; 95% CI: 1.24–1.62), among never smokers (41.4%; APR=2.84; 95% CI: 2.21–3.64) compared to smokers, and among those who were aware of the regulation (38.4%; 95% CI: 1.37–1.75). …”
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The Timing of Infarction Pain in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction after Previous Revascularization by Predrag M. Mitrovic, Branislav Stefanovic, Zorana Vasiljevic, Mina Radovanovic, Nebojsa Radovanovic, Gordana Krljanac, Dubravka Rajic, Predrag Erceg, Vladan Vukcevic, Ivana Nedeljkovic, Miodrag Ostojic

“…However, analyzing a different subgroup of patients with AMI after previous CABG, it was found that some subgroups had two peaks of onset, but a higher evening peak (patients older than 70 years of age, smokers, diabetics, and a group of patients who were taking beta-blocker therapy). …”
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Perfect Meals with Pressure Cooking by Paula G. Harris-Swiatko, Karla P. Shelnutt, Amy Simonne, Sarah M. Ellis

“…Although they may seem old fashioned, pressure cookers are making a comeback because they can cook tough cuts of meats such as corned beef and stew beef to perfection and take far less time and energy than using standard boiling or steaming methods. …”
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Formation and Repair of Tobacco Carcinogen-Derived Bulky DNA Adducts by Bo Hang

“…The analysis of formation and repair of smoking-related DNA adducts remains particularly challenging as both smokers and nonsmokers exposed to smoke are repetitively under attack from complex mixtures of carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and N-nitrosamines. …”
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Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: If there is smoke there is fire by Amit Panjwani, Husain Kadhem, Saadeya Naji Abdulkarim, Umesh Nabar

“…Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is a rare type of idiopathic interstitial lung disease (ILD) predominantly seen in smokers. Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are one of the important causes of ILD and may have lung involvement antedating their usual manifestations, making the diagnosis difficult. …”
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