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How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease

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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1442 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tobacco smoke.

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Neighbourhood deprivation and lung cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the USA.

TL;DR: Area-level measures of SES were associated with lung cancer risk in current and shorter term former smokers only in this population, and there was evidence of statistically significant interaction by sex among whites, but not blacks, in which the effect of worsening deprivation on lung cancer existed in males but not in females.
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Effects of the truth FinishIt brand on tobacco outcomes

TL;DR: Examination of brand equity in truth FinishIt, as measured by validated multi-dimensional scales, and tobacco related attitudes, beliefs, and behavior based on two waves of the Truth Longitudinal Cohort data from 2015 and 2016 found being male, younger, and non-white predicted some of the tobacco related attitude.
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The effect of comprehensive state tobacco control programs on adult cigarette smoking

TL;DR: Simulations indicate that had all states spent the CDC recommended level of funding from 1991 to 2006 then cigarette smoking prevalence would have been 1.40-8.07% lower in 2006, translating to between 635,000 and 3.7 million fewer adult cigarette smokers.
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Tobacco industry strategies to minimize or mask cigarette smoke: opportunities for tobacco product regulation.

TL;DR: Tobacco industry patents were reviewed to understand recent industry strategies to mask or minimize cigarette smoke from traditional cigarettes, including the use of additives to improve smoke odor.
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Determinantes para la Práctica de Actividad Física en Estudiantes Universitarios

TL;DR: In Colombia, the majority of the population is inactive, children are more active, but this condition decreases with age, the percentage of college students who engage in physical activity is low, this practice is conditioned by internal motivation, physical condition, availability of time and social support as discussed by the authors.