April 27, 2006

Effects of Smoking Cessation on Lung Function and Airway Inflammation in Smokers with Asthma

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By 6 wk after smoking cessation, subjects who quit smoking had achieved considerable improvement in lung function and a fall in sputum neutrophil count compared with subjects who continued to smoke. These findings highlight the importance of smoking cessation in asthma.

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Chaudhuri et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dcc2e598c6111533e5396c https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200510-1589oc

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