ALLMedicine™ Cigarette Smoking Center

Jun 16th, 2022 - COPD is predicted to become the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide by 2030. Cigarette smoking (active or passive) is one of its chief causes, with about 20% of cigarette smokers developing COPD from cigarette smoke (CS)-induc...

May 22nd, 2022 - E-cigarette (EC) use is seldom reported from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We report the prevalence of "awareness" about EC, its use, and distribution of EC use by sociodemographic factors and cigarette smoking (CS) status. We analyzed...

May 16th, 2022 - Cigarette smoking (CS) is a strong risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It can activate lung fibroblasts (LF) by inducing redox imbalance. We previously showed that clearing mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) protects ag...

Apr 13th, 2022 - Primarily caused by chronic cigarette smoking (CS), emphysema is characterized by loss of alveolar cells comprising lung units involved in gas exchange and inflammation that culminate in airspace enlargement. Dysregulation of sphingolipid metaboli...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Cigarette smoking (CS) is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The "spill-over" of pulmonary inflammation into the systemic circulation may damage the brain, leading to cognitive dysfunction. Cessation of CS can impro...

Jul 18th, 2013 - Are Lung Cancer Patients to Blame for Their Disease? Editor's Note: Because many people perceive lung cancer as self-induced -- the result of cigarette smoking -- there is a stigma associated with lung cancer that does not afflict patients with ot...

Sep 4th, 2012 - September 4, 2012 — A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may be a factor in the worldwide epidemic of obesity. Adolescents whose mothers smoked while pregnant had a higher bo...

Sep 4th, 2012 - September 4, 2012 — A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may be a factor in the worldwide epidemic of obesity. Adolescents whose mothers smoked while pregnant had a higher bo...

Major Finding: Conduct disorder in a child with ADHD “solidly” and “independently” predicted substance use (hazard ratio, 5. 26), including alcohol use or dependence (2.