While scales assessing the perceived positive consequences of cigarette smoking varied as a function of smoking status, the perceived negative consequences of smoking did not vary as a function of smoking status or stage of change.
The established cancer-related functions of some of the smoking status-specific miRNAs, such as overexpression of miR-7, miR-27a, miR-93, miR-372, and underexpression of miR-138, miR-381, miR-582 [ 26– 33], suggest miRNAs are also likely involved in promoting tumorigenesis in a smoking status-dependent manner.
Moreover, the interaction between excess mortality and excess disability is further a function of gender, smoking intensity and the severity level of the disability.
We compared the lifetime trend of U-Cd as a function of gender, smoking status, diuresis, and urinary protein excretion.
Because smoking-related health problems are a function of the duration and intensity of use, smoking prevention in adolescents is of critical concern.
"I think that the bottom line is that there does not appear to be any negative impact on lung function of marijuana smoking," he said, "and that therefore marijuana is not a risk factor for the development of C.O.P.D. Tobacco smoking is the most important risk factor for C.O.P.D".
Consequently, a plot of ln k as a function of puff (smoking) time yielded a straight line with a slope of −0.1323 (Fig. 3) from which the formation rate constant of nicotine (0.13 s−1) was calculated.
Further information on the variable can be found in APPENDIX A. Offspring smoking status is modelled as a function of maternal smoking status.
Tobacco smoke is immunotoxic, but the effect of smoking on the immunologic function of the mammary gland of mothers who smoke cigarettes ("smoker mothers") has not been studied.
Each figure also includes a line representing the linear or quadratic (whenever significantly different from the linear) prediction of the prevalence of current smoking as a function of the year of survey.
