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Tobacco Control, 2022 Background Despite compelling evidence on the health hazards of tobacco products accumulated over the past 70 years, smoking remains a leading cause of death worldwide.
X. Dai, E. Gakidou, Alan D. Lopez
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021 Importance Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US. In 2014, it was estimated that 480 000 deaths annually are attributed to cigarette smoking, including second hand smoke exposure.
A. Krist +15 more
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Smoking is Associated with COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-Analysis
medRxiv, 2020 Objective: To determine the association between smoking and progression of COVID-19. Design: A meta-analysis of 12 published papers. Data Source: PubMed database was searched on April 6, 2020.
Roengrudee Patanavanich, S. Glantz
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COVID-19 and smoking: A systematic review of the evidence
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020 COVID-19 is a coronavirus outbreak that initially appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019, but it has already evolved into a pandemic spreading rapidly worldwide1,2.
C. Vardavas, K. Nikitara
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Journal of Medical Virology, 2020 Comorbidities are associated with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). This meta‐analysis aimed to explore the risk of severe COVID‐19 in patients with pre‐existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ongoing smoking history.
Qianwen Zhao +7 more
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Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 The epicenter of the original outbreak in China has high male smoking rates of around 50%, and early reported death rates have an emphasis on older males, therefore the likelihood of smokers being overrepresented in fatalities is high.
S. Brake +5 more
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Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2017 A large number of COPD patients are smokers. The particular characteristics of this group as well as their need to quit usually require psychological counselling and pharmacological treatment to achieve abstinence and, often, intensively.
Carlos A. Jiménez-Ruiz +12 more
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Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]
, 2016 Background Smoking has a detrimental effect on the symptoms and severity of asthma, a common chronic disease among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between asthma and smoking among high school students and assess ...
Jones, Resa M. +2 more
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The Health consequences of smoking—50 years of progress : a report of the Surgeon General
, 2014 The scientific evidence is incontrovertible: inhaling tobacco smoke, particularly from cigarettes, is deadly. Since the first Surgeon General’s Report in 1964, evidence has linked smoking to diseases of nearly all organs of the body.
B. Lushniak +4 more
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Physician advice on avoiding secondhand smoke exposure and referrals for smoking cessation services
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2012 Background Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure causes premature death and disease. Eliminating smoking in indoor spaces is the only way to fully protect nonsmokers from SHS exposure, and also contributes to helping smokers quit smoking.
Judy Kruger +4 more
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