Where there's smoke, there's fire

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

The ankle-brachial index (ABI), a ratio of systolic blood pressure measured at the ankle and the brachial artery, is a simple noninvasive screening test used to diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD affects over 12 million people in the United States and its prevalence increases with increasing age (1,2). Patients with an abnormal ABI, defined as 0.90 or 1.40, are at increased risk of...

NAD(P)H oxidase: where there's smoke, there's fire.

IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS such as the United States, tobacco represents the leading cause of deaths, with a majority of these being associated with cardiovascular disease, rather than cancer (2, 20). The vasculature develops an inflammatory and thrombogenic phenotype in response to many cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking, and these alterations...

Where there's smoke...

Where there's smoke.

In the August 1978 issue of Word Ways, James Rambo showed how \I Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health 11 could be :r.:epeatedly anagrammed to form a cautionary tale in ve rse. Itl s time, therefore. for a quiz on smoking terminology. The Britisher with his II packet of tabs II and the American with his II pack of coffin-nails II both have a l\vely and varied vocabulary rela­ te~ to smo...