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Research Article: Characteristics of Current Smokers versus Former Smokers with COPD and Their Associations with Smoking Cessation Within . Years: Results from COSYCONET

Date Published: 2023-12-06

Abstract:
Despite tobacco smoking being recognized as a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),, a surprisingly high number of patients with COPD continue to smoke. Even in longitudinal study cohorts, in which one could expect above-average insight into the causes and driving factors of COPD, a significant proportion continues smoking. Many studies have compared non-smoking healthy subjects, smokers without the diagnosis of COPD, and COPD patients who were ex-smokers or current smokers,– while the number of studies specifically comparing smokers and ex-smokers with COPD is limited.,

Introduction:
Despite tobacco smoking being recognized as a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), , a surprisingly high number of patients with COPD continue to smoke. Even in longitudinal study cohorts, in which one could expect above-average insight into the causes and driving factors of COPD, a significant proportion continues smoking. Many studies have compared non-smoking healthy subjects, smokers without the diagnosis of COPD, and COPD patients who were ex-smokers or current smokers, – while the…

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