"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.
Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.
| Descriptor ID |
D012907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.805
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| Concept/Terms |
Smoking Behaviors- Smoking Behaviors
- Behavior, Smoking
- Behaviors, Smoking
- Smoking Behavior
Smoking Habit- Smoking Habit
- Habit, Smoking
- Habits, Smoking
- Smoking Habits
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Smoking".
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2003 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2008 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2009 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2010 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2011 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2012 | 24 | 11 | 35 |
| 2013 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 2014 | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smoking" by people in Profiles.
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The Effect of Patient-associated Factors on Long-Term Survival of Dental Implants. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2025 Feb; 37(1):65-75.
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Association between family history with lung cancer incidence and mortality risk in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2025 Feb 15; 156(4):723-733.
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Smoking prevalence and association with sociodemographic variables in cancer clinical trial participants. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35560.
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C-reactive protein across pregnancy in individuals exposed to childhood maltreatment: The role of psychological and physical sequelae of maltreatment. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Nov; 122:313-324.
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Perceptions of family functioning impact smoking during pregnancy. J Addict Dis. 2025 Jan-Mar; 43(1):67-76.
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Pack-Year Smoking History: An Inadequate and Biased Measure to Determine Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jun 10; 42(17):2026-2037.
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The association of cigarette smoking with DNA methylation and gene expression in human tissue samples. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 04 04; 111(4):636-653.
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Identification of Candidate mRNA Genes and Their Potential MicroRNA Targets in Lung Cancer Induced by Smoking Tobacco. Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2023 11 27; 15(4):13.
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Effect of a mindfulness training app on a cigarette quit attempt: an investigator-blinded, 58-county randomized controlled trial. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 10 31; 7(6).
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Polygenic risk score for Parkinson's disease and olfaction among middle-aged to older women. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 10; 115:105815.