Are healthy smokers really healthy?

Z Zhou, P Chen, H Peng - Tobacco induced diseases, 2016 - Springer
Cigarette smoke contains more than 4500 chemicals which have toxic, mutagenic and
carcinogenic effects. Strong evidences have shown that current smokers take a significantly …

Systemic effects of smoking

DG Yanbaeva, MA Dentener, EC Creutzberg… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Smoking is one of the major lifestyle factors influencing the health of human beings. Life-
long cigarette smokers have a higher prevalence of common diseases such as …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of cigarette smoke on the lung and systemic immunity

J Domagala-Kulawik - J Physiol Pharmacol, 2008 - jpp.krakow.pl
The influence of tobacco smoke on human health is still an important problem worldwide.
Complex inflammatory processes and changes in the immune system are crucial in the …

Harmful health effects of cigarette smoking

SK Das - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2003 - Springer
This is a comprehensive review on the harmful health effects of cigarette smoking. Tobacco
smoking is a reprehensible habit that has spread all over the world as an epidemic. It …

Relationship between biomarkers of cigarette smoke exposure and biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress, and platelet activation in adult cigarette smokers

J Liu, Q Liang, K Frost-Pineda, R Muhammad-Kah… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for several diseases, including cardiovascular
disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer, but the role of specific …

Cigarette smoke and adverse health effects: An overview of research trends and future needs

SP Saha, DK Bhalla, TF Whayne… - International Journal of …, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
A large volume of data has accumulated on the issues of tobacco and health worldwide. The
relationship between tobacco use and health stems initially from clinical observations about …

Cigarette smoke-induced respiratory response: insights into cellular processes and biomarkers

SR Cha, J Jang, SM Park, SM Ryu, SJ Cho, SR Yang - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cigarette smoke (CS) poses a significant risk factor for respiratory, vascular, and organ
diseases owing to its high content of harmful chemicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

The role of smoking in the mechanisms of development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atherosclerosis

S Kotlyarov - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tobacco smoking is a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). These diseases share common …

[HTML][HTML] Tobacco smoking and lung cancer: perception-changing facts

M Furrukh - Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tobacco smoking remains the most established cause of lung carcinogenesis and other
disease processes. Over the last 50 years, tobacco refinement and the introduction of filters …

[PDF][PDF] Tobacco smoke and respiratory disease

J Behr, D Nowak - World, 2002 - researchgate.net
Although tobacco has been used in Western culture forw400 yrs, inhalative cigarette
smoking is a relatively new development. It was during the 20th century that cigarette …