The effects of smoking status and ventilation on environmental tobacco smoke concentrations in public areas of UK pubs and bars. Atmos Environ 2003: 37 - Carrington, Watson, et al.The effects of smoking status and ventilation on environmental tobacco smoke concentrations in public areas of UK pubs...
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smoking duration, and ever/never regular smoking status in a sample of 462,690 European individuals from UK Biobank, and 126 SNPs were identified at genome-wide
It covered 1.5 million people across the United States, Canada, Norway and the UK, some of them active smokers, some who never started—and everyone in between. When people quit smoking, it took 10 years for theiraverage life expectancyto return to the same level as non-smokers, according ...
Despite the enhanced global commitment to control tobacco use, the pace of progress in reducing smoking prevalence has been heterogeneous across geographies, development status, sex and age8; in 2017, there were still 1.1 billion smokers across the 195 countries and territories assessed by the Global...
Introduction: Every ten seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies of tobacco-related causes. The adverse effects of smoking on the cardiovascular, respiratory, and immune systems have been well documented. Results of foot surgery are also gravely affected by cigarette smoking, with poorer clinica...
Results We use the model to investigate the effects of smoking, asthma and COPD on the TwinsUK Registry. Our results suggest that the combination of smoking with lung disease(s) has higher effect than smoking or lung disease(s) alone, and that, in smokers, co-occurrence of asthma and ...
Osteoporosis is a common, morbid and costly disorder characterized by deterioration in bone strength. Cigarette smoking is associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and increased fracture risk. There are basic, clinical, and observational studies that define several of the underlying pathophysiol...
of cigarette smoking among individuals with cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and age related cognitive decline7,8,9. A recent meta-analysis also showed that nicotine could enhance aspects of cognitive function, ...
As a leading behavioral risk factor for numerous health outcomes, smoking is a major ongoing public health challenge. Although evidence on the health effects of smoking has been widely reported, few attempts have evaluated the dose–response relationship