Reprint of: Smoking and pulmonary health in women: A narrative review and behavioral health perspective.

Objective: Cigarette smoking prevalence has declined slower among women than men, and smoking-related pulmonary disease (PD) has risen among women. Given these trends, there is a critical need to understand and mitigate PD risk among women who smoke. The purpose of this narrative review and commentary is to highlight important evidence from the literature on smoking and PD among women.

Smoking and pulmonary health in women: A narrative review and behavioral health perspective.

Objective: Cigarette smoking prevalence has declined slower among women than men, and smoking-related pulmonary disease (PD) has risen among women. Given these trends, there is a critical need to understand and mitigate PD risk among women who smoke. The purpose of this narrative review and commentary is to highlight important evidence from the literature on smoking and PD among women.

Examining Associations Between Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression and Physical Functioning Improvement Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Purpose: This study examined whether health-related quality of life (HRQL) and depression assessed prior to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) participation (ie, at baseline) predicted change in 6-min walk distance (6MWD) from baseline to end of PR.

Methods: Patients with pulmonary disease were consecutively referred/enrolled in a PR program from 2009-2022 (N = 503). Baseline 6MWD was assessed along with self-report measures of HRQL (St George's Respiratory Questionnaire [SGRQ]) and depression (Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS]).

"It's a cause I believe in": factors motivating participation and engagement in longitudinal, respiratory-focused research studies.

Background: Key to the success of any prospective cohort study is the effective recruitment and retention of participants, but the specific factors that influence younger adults of the Millennial generation to participate in research are not well-understood. The objective of this qualitative study was to identify factors that motivated participation and engagement in longitudinal research studies focused on respiratory health among a diverse group of young adults.

Methods: We conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 50 younger adult participants (aged 25-35 years) regarding factors influencing their participation in longitudinal research studies.

Smoking Cessation Interventions for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A NARRATIVE REVIEW WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PULMONARY REHABILITATION.

Purpose: Reducing disease burden in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) focuses, in part, on helping patients become more functional through programs such as pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Smoking cessation may be a prerequisite or component of PR, and determining which smoking interventions (eg, behavioral, pharmacotherapy, combination) are most effective can help guide efforts to extend them to patients with COPD. The purpose of this narrative review was to summarize evidence from studies testing smoking cessation interventions in patients with COPD and discuss how these interventions may be integrated into PR programs.

Therapeutic efficacy of IL-17A neutralization with corticosteroid treatment in a model of antigen-driven mixed-granulocytic asthma.

Many mouse models of allergic asthma exhibit eosinophil-predominant cellularity rather than the mixed-granulocytic cytology in steroid-unresponsive severe disease. Therefore, we sought to implement a novel mouse model of antigen-driven, mixed-granulocytic, severe allergic asthma to determine biomarkers of the disease process and potential therapeutic targets. C57BL/6J wild-type, interleukin-6 knockout (IL-6-/-), and IL-6 receptor knockout (IL-6R-/-), mice were injected with an emulsion of complete Freund's adjuvant and house dust mite antigen (CFA/HDM) on .