Smoking and ciliary movement in the upper respiratory tract

Relation between lead and cadmium in blood and the involuntary smoking of children.

“…Moreover, tobacco smoke can inactivate alveolar macrophage tissue transglutaminase, which may, hypothetically, decrease the phagocytosis of lead particles in the alveoli (Stenberg, personal communication). Smokers have an impaired dust clearance from the lung (5,27). A less efficient pulmonary clearance in the children of smokers may thus cause an increased retention of particles in the alveoli.…”

Psychometric validity of the 22‐item Sinonasal Outcome Test

“…We also tested the ability of the SNOT‐22 to differentiate between subgroups of patients undergoing sinonasal surgery who were expected to differ in their disease‐specific quality of life. Smokers have been shown to report poorer quality of life than non‐smokers; 25 as tobacco smoke also impairs ciliary function, 26 we expected smokers to report poorer SNOT‐22 scores. We also expected patients with asthma and aspirin sensitivity to report poorer disease specific quality of life.…”