Abstract:the Research Topic Comparison of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers and never-smokersTo the memory of Dr. Jerzy Szkudlarek, my best friend, who died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Piotr Kus ́nierczyk Tobacco smoking was invented by Native Americans; archaeological evidence dates it to at least 2 300 years ago (1). However, smoking was not an everyday activity in these societies, as tobacco consumption, i.e. pipe smoking, was sacred, and smoking was limited to religious … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.