| Descriptor English: | Smoking | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Fumar                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Fumar | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Fumer | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Behavior, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Habit, Smoking Habits, Smoking Smoking Behavior Smoking Behaviors Smoking Habit Smoking Habits  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F01.145.805 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012907 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand. | 
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| Annotation: | note specific types of smoking are available; smokers' patches, smokers' tongue = LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; cancer caused by smoking = neoplasm term with /etiol (not /chem ind) + SMOKING /adv eff (not TOBACCO USE DISORDER); behavioral and psychological aspects of smoking = SMOKING /psychol | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        AE                                                            adverse effects BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EP epidemiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology LJ legislation & jurisprudence ME metabolism MO mortality PA pathology PP physiopathology PX psychology TD trends TH therapy UR urine  | 
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| Entry Combination: | 
                                                                            prevention & control:Smoking Prevention
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Marijuana Smoking
                                            MeSH                                             Tobacco Smoke Pollution MeSH Tobacco Use Disorder MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 23925 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D012907 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/07/12 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms 
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0019985 | 
                                
| Scope note | Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand. | 
| Preferred term | Smoking | 
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                                        M000625505 | 
                                
| Scope note | Psychological aspects of SMOKING. | 
| Preferred term | Smoking Behaviors | 
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                                                                                            Behavior, Smoking                                                 Behaviors, Smoking Smoking Behavior  | 
                                
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                                        M000627120 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Smoking Habit | 
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                                                                                            Habit, Smoking                                                 Habits, Smoking Smoking Habits  | 
                                
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