Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection?
Abstract Smoking is a major public health problem and is considered the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Gas-phase smoke carries bioactive substances and toxic compounds, affecting human health and reducing life spans. The negative effects of smoking on red blood cell (RBC) quality incl...
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| author | Jie Wang Yuhan Wang Weixin Zhou Yuanshuai Huang Jianbo Yang |
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| description | Abstract Smoking is a major public health problem and is considered the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Gas-phase smoke carries bioactive substances and toxic compounds, affecting human health and reducing life spans. The negative effects of smoking on red blood cell (RBC) quality include destroying RBCs and increasing carboxy hemoglobin (COHb). Smoking increases the concentrations of heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in the blood. Moreover, tobacco smoking has been found to be associated with heightened platelet (PLT)-dependent thrombin level which will induce a prothrombotic state. Smoking may affect the blood circulation of donors, and subsequently the blood components, and ultimately the recipients of transfusion. Nevertheless, there are no restrictions on smoking for volunteer blood donor screenings currently. We reviewed the articles about the influence of smoking on smokers' blood circulation as well as the impact of donated blood products on transfusion when these smokers act as blood donors. We aim to attract blood collection centers’ attention to strengthen the management of blood donors who smoke, avoiding their use in massive transfusion protocol and susceptible recipients, especially pediatric ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-539c033009074f24aa2e26d4d86a6e062023-07-09T11:17:04ZengBMCJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition2072-13152023-07-014211710.1186/s41043-023-00405-2Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection?Jie Wang0Yuhan Wang1Weixin Zhou2Yuanshuai Huang3Jianbo Yang4Department of Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Luzhou Longmatan District People’s HospitalDepartment of Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityAbstract Smoking is a major public health problem and is considered the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Gas-phase smoke carries bioactive substances and toxic compounds, affecting human health and reducing life spans. The negative effects of smoking on red blood cell (RBC) quality include destroying RBCs and increasing carboxy hemoglobin (COHb). Smoking increases the concentrations of heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in the blood. Moreover, tobacco smoking has been found to be associated with heightened platelet (PLT)-dependent thrombin level which will induce a prothrombotic state. Smoking may affect the blood circulation of donors, and subsequently the blood components, and ultimately the recipients of transfusion. Nevertheless, there are no restrictions on smoking for volunteer blood donor screenings currently. We reviewed the articles about the influence of smoking on smokers' blood circulation as well as the impact of donated blood products on transfusion when these smokers act as blood donors. We aim to attract blood collection centers’ attention to strengthen the management of blood donors who smoke, avoiding their use in massive transfusion protocol and susceptible recipients, especially pediatric ones.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-023-00405-2 |
| spellingShingle | Jie Wang Yuhan Wang Weixin Zhou Yuanshuai Huang Jianbo Yang Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition |
| title | Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? |
| title_full | Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? |
| title_short | Impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation: do we need a new approach to blood donor selection? |
| title_sort | impacts of cigarette smoking on blood circulation do we need a new approach to blood donor selection |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-023-00405-2 |
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