New investigational approaches to smoking and smoking cessation

Oral Presentation
Chairs: D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands), R. Polosa (S. Gregorio (Ct), Italy)
Detection of spirometrically-defined COPD in a population of smokers referred to a smoking cessation clinic
I. Nikoloutsou, M. Michailidou, N. Rovina, S. Matsoukas, C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Smoking cessation attenuates AMP but not methacholine airway hyperresponsiveness in heavy smokers
A. Origlio, G. Piccillo, A. Bonaccorsi, A. Di Maria, C. Oliveri, R. Polosa (Catania, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Airway inflammatory cell compounds in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD
A. Babusyte, A. Krisiukeniene, R. Sakalauskas, B. Sitkauskiene (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
8-isoprostane as a marker of oxidant stress in non-symptomatic cigarette smokers and COPD
P. Rytilä, H. Ilumets, M. Myllärniemi, A. Sovijärvi, V. L. Kinnula (Helsinki, Finland)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Greater risk of incident asthma cases in adults with allergic rhinitis: importance of cigarette smoking
M. Sarva, W. K. Al-delaimy, C. Russo, C. Oliveri, R. Polosa (Catania, Italy; San Diego, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Evolution and prognostic factors of bronchial asthma in Northern Greece
K. Porpodis, D. Papakosta, A. Manika, T. Kontakiotis, L. Tzereme, L. Sichletidis, D. Gioulekas (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Asthma control is worse in asthmatic smokers compared to non-smokers with similar lung function
R. Chaudhuri, C. McSharry, A. McCord, E. Livingston, E. Hothersall, M. Spears, N. C. Thomson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Association between COPD and carotid intimal medial thickness
A. Yokoyama, Y. Kitahara, N. Hattori, N. Kohno, H. Hara (Hiroshima, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract