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Clinical Neurology
Shuochi Wei, Dongmei Wang, Huixia Zhou, Luyao Xia, Yang Tian, Qilong Dai, Rongrong Zhu, Wenjia Wang, Dachun Chen, Meihong Xiu, Li Wang, Xiangyang Zhang
Summary: This study compared the clinical characteristics and cognitive symptoms between heavy smoking and non-heavy smoking groups in Chinese male patients with schizophrenia. The findings showed significant differences between the two groups, with heavy smokers being younger, starting smoking earlier, and having a higher degree of nicotine dependence. Heavy smokers also had lower negative symptom scores and cognitive factor scores.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Amber L. Bahorik, Stephen Sidney, Jonathan Kramer-Feldman, David R. Jacobs, Amanda R. Mathew, Jared P. Reis, Kristine Yaffe
Summary: This study found a dose-dependent association between early to midlife smoking trajectories and midlife cognition. Moderate and heavy smoking were associated with cognitive health risks, while quitting smoking showed potential benefits on cognition, even in midlife.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Xueli Yu, Xueyu Qi, Long Wei, Liansheng Zhao, Wei Deng, Wanjun Guo, Qiang Wang, Xiaohong Ma, Xun Hu, Peiyan Ni, Tao Li
Summary: Fingolimod shows potential in ameliorating cognitive deficits in a rat model of schizophrenia by inhibiting inflammation and promoting neurogenesis. This study provides new insights into the use of immunomodulatory strategies to improve cognitive function in schizophrenia.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Zohreh Hosseinpoor, Tahere Dehdari, Jamileh Abolghasemi
Summary: The study aimed to determine the predictors of cigarette butt-littering behavior in Iranian male smokers based on Bandura's social cognitive theory variables. A sample of 291 smokers who littered their cigarette butts in public parks in Tehran completed the study instrument and the data were analyzed. The results showed that knowledge, perceived self-efficacy, outcome expectations, self-regulation, and observational learning were significant predictors of butt-littering behavior. Bandura's social cognitive theory can be used to develop theory-based environmental education efforts in this field.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Brandon Schermitzler, Kathleen Miley, Sophia Vinogradov, Ian S. Ramsay
Summary: The study found that smoking is common among individuals with psychotic disorders and may affect neurocognition and motivation, although the results are inconclusive. Over the first two years of treatment, non-smokers showed significantly greater improvements in motivation compared to smokers, and these changes were also associated with improved functioning.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Psychiatry
Hui Li, Qingshuang Mu, Yimin Kang, Xiaoyu Yang, Ligang Shan, Meiling Wang, Cunbao Li, Yanlong Liu, Fan Wang
Summary: The study suggests that smoking may affect cognitive function in males, with smokers showing lower MoCA scores and higher levels of metal ions in the CSF. Average daily smoking quantity was negatively correlated with MoCA scores, indicating a possible acceleration of cognitive impairment in male smokers.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
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Microbiology
Mohammad Saleh Bahreini, Sareh Sami Jahromi, Amir Hossein Radfar, Amir Masoud Salemi, Naghmeh Dastan, Qasem Asgari
Summary: This study assessed the relationship between latent toxoplasmosis and smoking and found an inverse association between seropositivity to Toxoplasma infection and cigarette smoking. This relationship could be due to the changes that latent toxoplasmosis has on the neurotransmitters, especially dopamine, which needs more research.
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Oncology
Lijun Wang, Zhi-Ming Mai, Roger Kai-Cheong Ngan, Wai-Tong Ng, Jia-Huang Lin, Dora Lai-Wan Kwong, Shing-Chun Chiang, Kam-Tong Yuen, Alice Wan-Ying Ng, Dennis Kai-Ming Ip, Yap-Hang Chan, Anne Wing-Mui Lee, Maria Li Lung, Sai Yin Ho, Tai-Hing Lam
Summary: A multicenter case-control study in Hong Kong found that longer quitting duration and younger age of quitting were associated with lower nasopharyngeal cancer risk, with dose-response relations.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychiatry
Dong-Mei Wang, Lu-Yao Xia, Hui-Xia Zhou, Yang Tian, Qi-Long Dai, Mei-Hong Xiu, Da-Chun Chen, Li Wang, Xiang-Yang Zhang
Summary: This study compared sensory gating and cognitive performance between smoking and non-smoking Chinese Han population with schizophrenia. The findings suggest that smoking may have a positive effect on sensory gating and cognition in schizophrenia patients.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Ahmed M. Ahmed, Amna M. Ibrahim
Summary: This study assessed the impact of smoking on antioxidants in Sudanese male smokers. Heavy smokers, particularly water pipe smokers, showed disturbances in their biochemical profiles, indicating an increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases.
AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES
(2022)
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Psychiatry
Qiaoyang Zhang, Min Zhang, Yun Chen, Shumin Zhu, Wang Zhou, Lihao Zhang, Guanzhong Dong, Yin Cao
Summary: This study suggests that cigarette smoking is associated with processing speed among elderly Americans, but not with other domains of cognitive function.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jessica Edstorp, Emma Ahlqvist, Lars Alfredsson, Dina Mansour Aly, Valdemar Grill, Bahareh Rasouli, Elin P. Sorgjerd, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Bjorn O. Asvold, Sofia Carlsson
Summary: This study found that smoking and Swedish smokeless tobacco are associated with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and insulin secretion worsen these associations.
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Environmental Sciences
Shanzina Iasmin Sompa, Anna Zettergren, Sandra Ekstrom, Swapna Upadhyay, Koustav Ganguly, Antonios Georgelis, Petter Ljungman, Goran Pershagen, Inger Kull, Erik Melen, Lena Palmberg, Anna Bergstrom
Summary: Despite the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, limited epidemiological studies have been conducted to investigate their impact on respiratory health in young adults. This study found that e-cigarette use was more common in male smokers and was associated with an increased risk of respiratory symptoms and overweight/obesity. However, the small number of exclusive e-cigarette users hindered firm conclusions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Oncology
Jennifer Rusmaully, Nastassia Tvardik, Diane Martin, Regine Billmann, Sylvie Cenee, Martine Antoine, Helene Blons, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Jean Tredaniel, Marie Wislez, Isabelle Stucker, Pascal Guenel, Loredana Radoi
Summary: This study found that the risk of female lung cancer increases linearly with the intensity and duration of tobacco smoking, while the risk decreases with longer cessation time. The increase in the comprehensive smoking index significantly raised the risk of small cell or squamous cell carcinomas.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yusuke Takanashi, Tomoaki Kahyo, Takamitsu Hayakawa, Keigo Sekihara, Akikazu Kawase, Minako Kondo, Takuya Kitamoto, Yutaka Takahashi, Tomohito Sato, Haruhiko Sugimura, Norihiko Shiiya, Mitsutoshi Setou, Kazuhito Funai
Summary: This study aimed to identify lipid biomarkers that reflect the smoking status and the postoperative recurrence risk in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC) patients. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis identified two ADC lipid peaks and 12 SQCC lipid peaks that showed a significant positive correlation with the patient's smoking status. Among them, three phosphatidylcholine isomers in the ADC cohort and a lipid peak in the SQCC cohort were associated with a shorter recurrence free period and a greater likelihood of recurrence.
LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
(2023)