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Effects of Tobacco Smoking on Cardiovascular Disease.

open access: yesCirculation Journal, 2019
Tobacco smoking continues to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide. Tobacco smoking has declined in high-income countries, but the average smoking rate in Japan remains high: 29.4% for ...
T. Kondo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Timing and Predictive Value of Clinical Conditions Preceding Multiple Sclerosis in the UK Biobank

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often experience a higher incidence of clinical conditions before diagnosis, suggesting a prodromal phase. However, their predictive value and temporal trajectories remain underexplored. We investigated these aspects using the large UK Biobank's population‐based cohort, which provided clinical ...
Andrea Nova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smoking and Health: A Physician Responsibility—A Statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 1995
Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is a major cause of preventable disease and premature death worldwide. Both smokers and nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are at risk. Cessation of smoking reduces risks. Although the addicting
Joint Committee on Smoking and Health
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of cigarette smoking on immune responsiveness: Up and down or upside down?

open access: yesOncoTarget, 2016
Cigarette smoking is associated with numerous diseases and poses a serious challenge to the current healthcare system worldwide. Smoking impacts both innate and adaptive immunity and plays dual roles in regulating immunity by either exacerbation of ...
Feifei Qiu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association of the ICH Score With Withdrawal of Life‐Sustaining Treatment Over a 10‐Year Period

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score was developed to enhance provider communication and facilitate early severity assessment. We examined the association of the ICH score with mortality and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment (WLST) in a large, multicenter stroke registry, and evaluated temporal trends in these associations.
Nina Massad   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Chewing of tobacco laced areca-nuts” - is nothing but “Chewing of tiny-cancer-causing-bombs in the mouth” and one more tobacco Hiroshima and Nagasaki is in waiting

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation In India, Sweetened Suparis (Arecanut Granules, spices) and Gutkhas (Arecanut Granules, Tobacco, spicy compounds) - packed in small pouches - are freely marketed- which causes Oral Cancer.
REGUNATHAN Venkatachalam Pillai
doaj   +1 more source

How important are parents and partners for smoking cessation in adulthood? An event history analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Background. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of parental and partner’s education and smoking behavior on an individual’s chance of smoking cessation over the life course. Methods.
Graaf, Nan Dirk de,   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Associations of Stroke With Risk of Epilepsy: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the risk of epilepsy associated with stroke in a community‐based cohort, with consideration of stroke type, number, and severity. Methods Data from 15,100 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants without stroke at baseline (1987–1989) were analyzed through 12/31/2022.
Jiping Zhou   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smoking, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background. Nicotine may aid reaction time, learning and memory, but smoking increases cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk factors have been linked to increased risk of dementia.
Beckett, N   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

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