Cigarette smoking and lung function decline beyond quitting.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Change in plasma α-tocopherol associations with attenuated pulmonary function decline and with CYP4F2 missense variation.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022
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2. Association between duration of smoking cessation and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026
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3. Nomogram for predicting pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4. Optimal level of positive end-expiratory pressure during nasal continuous airway pressure for severe bronchiolitis: a prospective study.Translational pediatrics · 2021
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Corrections and comments

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  Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.2020

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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