Smoking
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Exposure to the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in smokers from 3 populations with different risks of lung cancer.

13 Nov 2009 Native Hawaiian smokers are at higher risk and Japanese-American smokers at lower risk of lung cancer (LC), compared with white smokers, even after accounting for smoking history. Because variation in carcinogen exposure/metabolism may occur ... Read more...

State-specific secondhand smoke exposure and current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2008.

11 Nov 2009 Secondhand smoke (SHS) causes immediate and long-term adverse health effects in nonsmoking adults and children, including heart disease and lung cancer, and SHS exposure occurs primarily in homes and workplaces. Smoke-free policies, including not ... Read more...

Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation - United States, 2008.

11 Nov 2009 Cigarette smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Full implementation of population-based strategies and clinical interventions can educate adult smokers about the dangers of tobacco use ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Smoking'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Exposure to the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in smokers from 3 populations with different risks of lung cancer. 13 Nov 2009
• State-specific secondhand smoke exposure and current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2008. 11 Nov 2009
• Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation - United States, 2008. 11 Nov 2009
• A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of 5 smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. 30 Oct 2009
• Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype. 30 Oct 2009
• Smoking and corneal biomechanics. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study. 30 Oct 2009
• Substance use among Iranian cardiac surgery patients and its effects on short-term outcome. 30 Oct 2009
• The poppies of Afghanistan. 30 Oct 2009
• Patterns of cigarette smoking initiation in two culturally distinct American Indian tribes. 30 Oct 2009
• Density of tobacco retailers near schools: effects on tobacco use among students. 30 Oct 2009
• Youth smoking status: perceptions versus measurements. 30 Oct 2009
• Smoking prevention and primary physician's and patient's characteristics. 30 Oct 2009
• Body mass index and mortality from lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers: a nationally representative prospective study of 220,000 men in China. 30 Oct 2009
• Concerns about a meta-analysis of computer smoking cessation programs. 24 Oct 2009
• Role of lifestyle and aging on the longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness. 24 Oct 2009
• Nondaily and social smoking: an increasingly prevalent pattern. 24 Oct 2009
• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• Responses to USPSTF guideline on aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular disease. 18 Oct 2009
• Effect of fluticasone with and without salmeterol on pulmonary outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial. 18 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Smoking'

Definition: Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or something similar to tobacco.

Descriptor UI: D012907

Alternative terms: Smoking; Tobacco Smoking; Cigarette Smoking; Smoking, Cigarette; Smoking, Tobacco;

Related Mesh Headings: Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Tobacco Use Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.466.753;

Technical Notes: almost exclusively tobacco smoking: not for smoking marijuana ( = MARIJUANA SMOKING); smokers' patches, smokers' tongue = LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; cancer caused by smoking = organ/neopl term with /etiol (not /chem ind) + SMOKING /adv eff (not TOBACCO USE DISORDER); passive smoking = TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; SMOKING CESSATION is also available