background there is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the united states (u.s). nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the u.s.   methods we conducted three focus group discussions (fgds) involving twenty-four male migrant worke...

the aim of this study is determining the prevalence of smoking stages in adolescents of tabriz city (northwest of iran) and identifying the personal, environmental, and psychological factors relating to cigarette smoking. fifty-seven high schools were randomly selected, and 4903 students were completed a self-administered questionnaire about cigarette smoking and the related risk factors. the a...

Background and Aim: Smoking has been extensively investigated in oncology, controversial associations with brain tumor incidence have reported. Caspase-3 matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to an important cascade vasculogenesis. We aim study the smoking impact on these signaling molecules nontumoral rat tissue. Methods Materials/Patients: A total of 60 Wistar rats were divided into two gro...

abstract   background : noise is the most common hazard in the workplace and noise induced hearing loss considered to be the most common occupational disease as well. cigarette smoking, in some studies, has been known to induce hearing loss. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of contemporary exposure to occupational noise and cigarette smoking on hearing.   methods : 478 assem...

objective(s):one cause of cigarette smoking is oxidative stress that may alter the cellular antioxidant defense system, induce apoptosis in lung tissue, inflammation and damage in liver, lung, and kidney. it has been shown that chinese green tea (cgt) (lung chen tea) has higher antioxidant property than black tea. in this paper, we will explore the preventive effect of cgt on cigarette smoke-in...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Nowak A, Pawliczak R. Cigarette smoking and oxidative stress. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology. 2022. doi:10.5114/pja.2022.116285. APA Nowak, A., & Pawliczak, (2022). https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.116285 Chicago Artur, Rafał Pawliczak. "Cigarette stress". Harvard MLA Artur et al. stress." Alle...

Objective(s):One cause of cigarette smoking is oxidative stress that may alter the cellular antioxidant defense system, induce apoptosis in lung tissue, inflammation and damage in liver, lung, and kidney. It has been shown that Chinese green tea (CGT) (Lung Chen Tea) has higher antioxidant property than black tea. In this paper, we will explore the preventive effect of CGT on cigarette smoke-in...

conclusions our findings did not support the effect of cigarette smoking on spt reactivity to pollen and weeds aeroallergens. however, male were significantly more sensitive than female in terms of sensitivity to some allergens. results the results of this study indicated that 41.4% of patients with allergic rhinitis was smoker with ages ranged from 15 to 70 years. the result of this study also...

objective(s) the primary objective of this study was to determine whether local and imported cigarette brands used in iran, have elevated levels of metals or not. the produced data of cigarette brands are compared both with each other and with the existing brands in different countries. materials and methods in present study, nineteen various cigarettes brands were randomly purchased from the c...

introduction: cigarette smoking affects nitric oxide production. the aim of this study was to determine associations between tobacco smoke and serum nitric oxide metabolites (nox) concentration. methods: serum nox concentration was measured by the griess method in 230 nonsmokers, 238 active, 196 passive and 29 waterpipe smokers. subjects were selected from participants of tehran lipid and gluco...