Active tobacco smoking, passive and e-cigarette smoking have been associated with different systemic ocular diseases. The precorneal tear film plays an important role in eye health its analysis can provide useful information on status. This review investigates the effects of types film, by analyzing peer-reviewed literature this topic. Specifically, evaporation rate, stability, volume, ferning,...

smoking has been shown to be a complicating factor in normal wound healing. both nicotine and carbon monoxide adversely affect multiple stages of the healing process. from 1991 to 1999,407 muscle flap procedures were performed on 374 patients in a single surgical unit. a retrospective review of 261 patients was completed. patients were divided into three groups: group a, no smoking history grou...

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the relationship between smoking and general characteristics, symptoms clinical course of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were followed-up in COVID ward first 2 months pandemic. METHODS: Patients over age 18 included retrospectively. The demographic data, symptoms, comorbidities patients, tobacco tobacco-product use, disease severity, patient's follow-...

Smoking has been shown to be a complicating factor in normal wound healing. Both nicotine and carbon monoxide adversely affect multiple stages of the healing process. From 1991 to 1999,407 muscle flap procedures were performed on 374 patients in a single surgical unit. A retrospective review of 261 patients was completed. Patients were divided into three groups: Group A, no smoking history...

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional reports have suggested that, among active smokers, previous exposure to parental smoking may increase susceptibility to development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We assessed prospectively whether parental smoking enhances the effects of active smoking on early deficits of lung function in young adults. METHODS We used data from the prospective birth coho...