1. Lifetime smoking history and cohort-based smoking prevalence in chronic pancreatitis
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Jeon, Christie Y, Feldman, Robert, Althouse, Andrew, AlKaade, Samer, Brand, Randall E, Guda, Nalini, Sandhu, Bimaljit S, Singh, Vikesh K, Wilcox, C Mel, Slivka, Adam, Gelrud, Andres, Whitcomb, David C, and Yadav, Dhiraj
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Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Chronic Pain ,Tobacco ,Clinical Research ,Substance Misuse ,Pediatric ,Cancer ,Digestive Diseases ,Pain Research ,Tobacco Smoke and Health ,Prevention ,Respiratory ,Chronic Pancreatitis ,Epidemiology ,Smoking ,Cohort ,Clinical Sciences ,Gastroenterology & Hepatology ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
Background/objectiveSmoking prevalence in patients with chronic pancreatitis [CP] is high. We aimed to understand lifetime history of smoking and cohort trends in CP patients to inform effective strategies for smoking cessation.MethodData on 317 CP patients from the North American Pancreatitis Study 2 [NAPS2] Continuation and Validation Study and the NAPS2 Ancillary Study were analyzed. Smoking history was assessed for each phase of life from the onset of smoking to study enrollment. Data on second-hand smoke and drinking history were also collected. We compared demographic factors, drinking history, pain level and pancreas morphology by smoking status at age 25 (non-smoking,
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- 2021