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A surge in the risk of esophageal cancer is associated with cigarette smoking.

​An increase in the likelihood of contracting tuberculosis is associated with cigarette smoking.

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Cigarette smoking and cervical cancer: meta-analysis and critical review of recent studies.

​Cigarette smoking may heighten a woman's risk of having cervical cancer.

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Tobacco smoking and oral cancer: a meta-analysis.Tobacco smoking and oral cancer: a meta-analysis.

​Cigarette smoking can trigger the development of oral (mouth) cancer.

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Risk of colorectal cancer associated with active smoking among female teachers.

​Women who are cigarette smokers may be more susceptible to colorectal cancer than their colleagues who are never smokers.

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  • 2013
  • Hurley S, Goldberg D, Nelson DO, Lu Y, Henderson K, Bernstein L, Reynolds P.
  • Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. susan.hurley@cpic.org
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Impact of Smoking on the Risk of Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

​Cigarette smokers may be highly vulnerable to suffer from both acute and chronic pancreatitis.

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  • 2015
  • Xiaohua Ye, Guangrong Lu, , Jiaping Huai, and Jin Ding
  • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, P.R. China. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Cigarette smoking and primary liver cancer: a population-based case-control study in US men.

​Cigarette smoking may up the risk of liver cancer in men.

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  • 2007
  • Zhu K, Moriarty C, Caplan LS, Levine RS.
  • US Military Cancer Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW, Building 1, Suite A-109, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA. kangmin.zhu@na.amedd.army.mil
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Smoking and risk for acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​Former and current cigarette smokers may have a high tendency of suffering from acute pancreatitis.

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  • 2014
  • Yuhara H, Ogawa M, Kawaguchi Y, Igarashi M, Mine T.
  • From the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Active smoking and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

​The odds of having type 2 diabetes may be stacked against individuals who are cigarette smokers.

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The effect of smoking on the risk of gallbladder cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

​The probability of developing cancer of the gallbladder is high among cigarette smokers.

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Smoking and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review.

​Tobacco smoking may improve a man's chances of developing and dying from prostate cancer.

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  • 2015
  • De Nunzio C, Andriole GL, Thompson IM Jr, Freedland SJ.
  • Department of Urology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Electronic address: cosimodenunzio@virgilio.it. Division of Urology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Department of Urology, The Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio TX, USA. Section of Urology, Durham VA Medical Center and Division of Urology, Duke Prostate Cancer Centre, Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Tobacco smoking and the risk of sudden cardiac death: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.

​Cigarette smokers may have a high probability of suffering from sudden cardiac deaths.

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  • 2018
  • Aune D, Schlesinger S, Norat T, Riboli E.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk. Bjørknes University College, Oslo, Norway. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk. Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk. Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center (DDZ) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Tobacco smoking and the risk of diverticular disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.

​A surge in the risk of diverticular disease together with its complications is associated with cigarette smoking.

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  • 2017
  • Aune D, Sen A, Leitzmann MF, Tonstad S, Norat T, Vatten LJ.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Bjørknes University College, Oslo, Norway. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany. Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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