BACKGROUND The active ingredients of marijuana may have beneficial properties in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation and is being used by sufferers of chronic pain and arthritis in some settings. Anecdotally, marijuana is believed by some sickle cell disease (SCD) patients to improve their health. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of marijuana smoking in the Jamaica Sickle...

myocardial infarction and tobacco smoking: risk of heart rhythm and conduction disorders e imani , msc n hajizadeh , bs z khademy , msc f naghizadeh , bsc received: 6 aug, 2009 accepted: 17 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: smoking increases risk of myocardial infarction and its complications. in addition, it increases blood pressure, heart rate and vasoconstriction. the purpose of this res...

This paper investigates how pregnancy complications affect maternal smoking decisions before, during, and after pregnancy. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study in the U.K., we estimate smoking participation and consumption in the Cragg “two-part” model, and show that bleeding problems (either in early or late weeks) decrease the probability of smoking, although they do not affect the qua...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the effect of preoperative smoking cessation interventions on postoperative complications and smoking cessation itself. METHODS Relevant databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of preoperative smoking cessation interventions. Trial inclusion, risk of bias assessment and data extraction were performed by two authors. Risk ...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation is presumed to be beneficial before resection of lung cancer. The effect of smoking cessation on outcome was investigated. METHODS From January 1999 to July 2007, in-hospital outcomes for 7990 primary resections for lung cancer in adults were reported to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database. Risk of hospital death and respiratory comp...