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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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Diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione exposures associated with cigarette smoking: implications for risk assessment of food and flavoring workers.

TL;DR: It is found that diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione exposures from cigarette smoking far exceed occupational exposures for most food/flavoring workers who smoke, suggesting that previous claims of a significant exposure–response relationship between di acetyl inhalation and respiratory disease in food/ Flavoring Workers were confounded.
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Smoking and nicotine dependence in Singapore: findings from a cross-sectional epidemiological study.

TL;DR: The results from this study highlight the important differences in the prevalence of smoking and nicotine dependence among different age groups, gender and ethnicity in Singapore and are important for developing future health policies and targeted preventive strategies.
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Sustainability of a parental tobacco control intervention in pediatric practice.

TL;DR: Intervention practices had higher rates of delivering tobacco control assistance than usual care practices over the 1-year follow-up period, and parents who received any assistance were more likely to quit smoking.
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Tobacco harm reduction in the 21st century

TL;DR: This review examines the displacement of smoking through substitution of non-combustible low-risk products such as snus, heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes, and provides the rationale for tobacco harm reduction, evaluates the current products available and identifies the barriers.
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A glimpse into the future - Personalized medicine for smoking cessation.

TL;DR: Improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying smoking behavior and smoking cessation must be a high public health priority so the authors can best intervene at both the public health level and the individual level.