Sentences with phrase «changes from cigarette smoke»

«Epigenetic» changes from cigarette smoke may be first step in lung cancer development.»

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This is a dramatic change from the widespread assumption of the past hundred years or more that smoking cigarettes is a remedy for respiratory problems and one of the surest ways to extend life expectancy.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

«There is very little research in this area, so we may need to draw from successful approaches to changing behaviors like cigarette smoking.»

These results support the hypothesis that the risk for bladder cancer from smoking has increased with time in the US, possibly a reflection of changing cigarette composition.

For instance, we can give smokers different concoctions containing cruciferous vegetables and measure changes in their rate of excretion of toxins from cigarette smoke (as opposed to the harmful metabolism of them within the body).

Three years ago in La Jolla, California, ACU sponsored a meeting of high - level environmental activists and organization heads, titled «Establishing Accountability for Climate Change Damages: Lessons from Tobacco Control,» an obvious nod to RICO investigations used to accuse tobacco companies of a large scale conspiracy to deceive the public about the dangers of cigarette smoking.