Smoking

"Smoking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.

Descriptor ID	D012907
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.805
Concept/Terms	Smoking Smoking Smoking Behaviors Smoking Behaviors Behavior, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Smoking Behavior Smoking Habit Smoking Habit Habit, Smoking Habits, Smoking Smoking Habits

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Smoking [F01.145.805]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Smoking" by people in this website by year, and whether "Smoking" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 822 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 85 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	2	2	4
2002	6	6	12
2003	10	5	15
2004	7	12	19
2005	19	8	27
2006	14	10	24
2007	19	17	36
2008	28	14	42
2009	28	15	43
2010	27	14	41
2011	23	12	35
2012	27	16	43
2013	30	12	42
2014	63	22	85
2015	42	22	64
2016	42	15	57
2017	31	14	45
2018	24	13	37
2019	14	13	27
2020	12	18	30
2021	3	17	20
2022	2	21	23
2023	4	14	18
2024	4	12	16
2025	8	4	12

Below are the most recent publications written about "Smoking" by people in Profiles.

Yao Y, Cheung YTD, Wu YS, Guo Z, Chan SK, Zhao SZ, Tong HSC, Lai VWY, Lam TH, Ho SY, Wang MP. Association between tobacco industry denormalisation beliefs and support for tobacco endgame policies: a population-based study in Hong Kong. Tob Control. 2025 Dec 19; 34(e1):e41-e47.

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Berthaud V, Smith T, Amara VR, Wilus D, Nouvet FJ, Popik W. Sex-specific mitochondrial DNA changes in neuron-derived extracellular vesicles of African American adults: impact of HIV infection and smoking. J Neurovirol. 2025 Aug; 31(4):389-394.

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Han S, Paik A, Acoba J, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Huang BZ. Risk Factor Profiles and Elevated Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer in Native Hawaiians. Am J Gastroenterol. 2026 Jan 01; 121(1):274-276.

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Salgin L, Kellogg D, Helm J, Blashill AJ, Myers M, Jun HJ, Lim AC, Calzo JP. Measuring Stress, Socialization, and Smoking Behaviors Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents (the Puff Break Research Study): Protocol for a Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jul 03; 14:e71927.

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Wu YY, Zhang W, Woodworth F, Mattheus D. Smoking modifies the effect of diabetes on severe tooth loss: Cross-sectional analysis of Hawai'i BRFSS data from 2012 to 2020. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2025 07; 37(5):489-496.

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Jacobs S, Klapp R, Shvetsov YB, Kristal BS, Setiawan VW, Le Marchand L, Maskarinec G. Prospective association of a Lifestyle Risk Factor Index with type 2 diabetes in the Multiethnic Cohort. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jun 16; 64(5):222.

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Hern?ndez-Torres R, Carminelli-Corretjer P, Cartujano-Barrera F, Rivera-Collazo J, Cupertino AP, Cabassa LJ, Rivera-Segarra E. Smoking, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Health History among Adults with Mental Illness in Puerto Rico. P R Health Sci J. 2025 Jun; 44(2):76-83.

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Zvolensky MJ, Smit T, Wein PY, Bakhshaie J, Redmond BY, Garey L, Thai JM, Lackner JM. Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety and smoking abstinence expectancies among persons with irritable bowel syndrome. J Behav Med. 2025 Aug; 48(4):659-670.

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Bakhshaie J, Smit T, Bradford A, Lackner JM, Zvolensky MJ. Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety as a transdiagnostic mechanism involved in persons with irritable bowel syndrome who smoke. J Health Psychol. 2026 Jan; 31(1):365-377.

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Kim SH, Moon JY, Kim T, Jung JH, Han K, Min KH, Lee H. Increased risk of suicide among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide cohort study in Korea. J Affect Disord. 2025 Jul 15; 381:507-513.

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