BACKGROUND Despite the established causal relationship between tobacco smoking and cancer, many cancer patients continue to smoke after diagnosis. This partly reflects ignorance of the beneficial effects of smoking cessation, even after diagnosis. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the effects of continuing or quitting smoking in patients with diagnosed cancer. METHODS The study was bas...

Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor in many diseases, including various kinds of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Many studies have also reported the unfavorable effects of smoking for diabetes mellitus. Smoking increases the risk of developing diabetes, and aggravates the micro- and macro-vascular complications of diabetes mellitus. Smoking is associated with insulin resistance, in...

BACKGROUND Maternal smoking is the most significant cause of preventable complications during pregnancy, with smoking cessation during pregnancy shown to increase birth weight and reduce preterm birth among pregnant women who quit smoking. Taking into account the fact that the number of women who smoke in Greece has increased steadily throughout the previous decade and that the prevalence of sm...

BACKGROUND Active smoking and passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke cause respiratory symptoms as well as long-term complications. We know little about the sources of exposure to tobacco smoke in our population and the symptoms that can be related to smoking in adults and children. METHODS A survey on the range of symptoms relevant to smoke exposure was conducted. Residents of Tehra...

BACKGROUND Perinatal risk factors are related to persistent and violent criminal outcomes. Prenatal maternal smoking may represent an additional perinatal risk factor for adult criminal outcomes. Our study examines maternal smoking during pregnancy as a predictor of offspring crime in the context of a prospective, longitudinal design. METHODS Subjects were a birth cohort of 4169 males born be...

BACKGROUND The relationship between marijuana smoking and pulmonary function or respiratory complications is poorly understood; therefore, we conducted a systematic review of the impact of marijuana smoking on pulmonary function and respiratory complications. METHODS Studies that evaluated the effect of marijuana smoking on pulmonary function and respiratory complications were selected from t...

Reconstructive surgery with a free vascularised tissue flap is indicated in large defects the head and neck region, which arise mostly because of cancer. Tobacco smoking major risk factor for cancer, many patients undergoing reconstructive have history smoking. The objective this meta-analysis was to determine impact on surgical complications after flap. A systematic review undertaken articles ...

BACKGROUND Smoking is considered to be a risk factor for patients undergoing surgery and anesthesia, but it is unclear whether this is applicable to patients undergoing ambulatory surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of respiratory complications and wound infection among smokers. METHODS The authors studied a random selection of 489 adult patients undergoing ambulatory sur...