We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE databases for relevant studies published from 1966 through October 2013 using the search terms "rheumatoid arthritis" or "RA" combined with "smoke", "smoking", "cigarette smoking" or "pack-years", with no restrictions.
He waits, smoking cigarette butts and standing a little apart, until John is finished talking, and then they talk.
On the packing case sits a white man smoking cigarette: Caption "The South African delegate setting out for the Assembly Commission on Human Rights.
"As I was gathering my money, the man received a phone call," said Mr. Sharabi, smoking cigarette after cigarette on Thursday while waiting for a bus.
He knows what it looks like: the hot actor of the moment lounging in a fashionable restaurant, smoking cigarette after cigarette, graciously accepting the attentions of the maitre d', blithely greeting his celebrity friends.
I rarely slept and would spend long nights anxiously staring into the vacuum of my living room, feeling the walls breathe around me, smoking cigarette after cigarette, searching for the peaceful center of my hunger.
