(n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, control experiments with naloxone, ethanol, or cigarette smoking alone were performed.
(2) Do [MPs] remember the madness of those advertisements that talked of the cool fresh mountain air of menthol cigarettes?
(3) The results indicated that smoke, as opposed to sham puffs, significantly reduced reports of cigarette craving, and local anesthesia significantly blocked this immediate reduction in craving produced by smoke inhalation.
(4) Cigarette consumption has also been greater in urban areas, but it is difficult to estimate how much of the excess it can account for.
(5) It has been speculated that these cigarette smoke-induced alterations contribute to the depressed pulmonary defense mechanisms commonly demonstrated in smokers.
(6) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
(7) Chemical data are presented from a comparison study of the smoke of cigarettes and little cigars.
(8) Further significantly positive associations to the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) were found for the following parameters: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, family history of premature MI, cigarette smoking, plasma levels of triglycerides, VLDL-cholesterol and blood glucose.
(9) In contrast to many other studies, cigarette smokers were at elevated risk (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 0.9-3.0).
(10) CSCs from the 1R4F, ULT, and ULT-menthol cigarettes were cytotoxic in the CHO-HGPRT assay, both with and without metabolic activation, while TEST and TEST-menthol CSCs were not cytotoxic under either condition.
(11) We conclude that cigarette smoking does interfere with the treatment of hypertension in general, and especially with reduction of blood pressure by propranolol in black patients.
(12) After controlling for age and cigarette smoking status, BMI was significantly related to education, income, occupation, and marital status in both men and women.
(13) Previous studies in the rat, mouse and duck had suggested that agents present in cigarette smoke might induce a cytochrome P450-mediated detoxication pathway, leading to protection against aflatoxin-induced primary liver cancer.
(14) As was true of cigarette smoking, the eventual public health consequences of marihuana use may become apparent only after large numbers of individuals have smoked marihuana for two or three decades.
(15) "It looks as if the noxious mix of rightwing Australian populism, as represented by Crosby and his lobbying firm, and English saloon bar reactionaries, as embodied by [Nigel] Farage and Ukip, may succeed in preventing this government from proceeding with standardised cigarette packs, despite their popularity with the public," said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
(16) Cigarette smokers did not differ significantly from users of smokeless tobacco regarding hypercholesterolemia.
(17) It was shown, that the rate of disaccustoming was higher for light smokers than for smokers with a high consumption of cigarettes.
(18) From these results, we conclude that Apo A-II may be effective as a biological marker for alcohol drinking independent of Apo A-I and HDLC, while cigarette smoking may affect Apo B through a certain direct mechanical effect.
(19) Mineral fibers represent the greatest cause--after cigarette smoke--of respiratory cancer due to air pollutants.
(20) The urinary HOP ratio immediately after abstinence from smoking was proportional to the mean daily number of cigarettes smoked in the past.
Kiosk
Definition:
(n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
Example Sentences:
(1) The contract envisaged freeing up staff time by moving to a ‘self-service’ model where, for example, residents send their own faxes and book their own visits.” The report also discloses that the kiosks are being used by detainees to order their food and can be used in the languages most commonly spoken at Yarl’s Wood.
(2) Instead of medicine, all the doctors could offer were cartons of fruit juice bought en masse from a nearby kiosk.
(3) Small crowds gathered outside kiosks to gaze at the displays of newspapers that had sold out.
(4) Yes, definitely – but somehow, the best ones are from kiosks.
(5) After his kiosk burned down last year, Khalid’s father had given him the microbus to allow him to make a living driving people around.
(6) Each wing has an electronic kiosk, allowing prisoners to book their own visits, make medical appointments, buy food and an approved list of products from Argos, freeing staff (who would otherwise be doing this for them) to do other things.
(7) Penbryn beach – which is completely devoid of kiosks, buildings or beach huts – featured in the Bond film Die Another Day.
(8) The discount, will also be available in its cafes and petrol-station kiosks, but not on online shopping.
(9) It reports that Greek unions plan to bring much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill, adding: Most business and public sector activity is expected to grind to a halt during the 24-hour strike called by the ADEDY and GSEE unions, with newspaper kiosk owners and air traffic controllers among various groups joining the protest.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alexis Tsipars and leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos wave to supporters at the pre-election kiosk of the party in Athens.
(11) KS As I stand on El Prado, the main road going through the centre of the city, I can see some very young children cleaning car windows, selling sweets, running kiosks, and many of them are working in groups.
(12) "It's a very costly action but I don't think they had a choice if they want to maintain the tourism industry and the security of the Kenyan people," said Ceaser Ndungu, a DVD seller with a kiosk in Westlands.
(13) There are no restaurants or kiosks at either beach so remember to take food and water with you.
(14) We’re still waiting for someone to sponsor us to heat the pool so we can open in winter,” says co-founder Daniel Lente, who gives me a tour of the area, which includes a cocktail bar, Soul Food kiosk, beer garden and large concert and club space.
(15) The glassy facade of the new, as-yet unopened, airport terminal; the extra kiosks on the streets selling snacks and colourful toys.
(16) The beach has all the facilities you'll need (toilets, lifeguards, a kiosk etc) but none of the hassle of more developed beaches.
(17) The day's takings from his kiosk had been stolen, and five days later he died of his injuries.
(18) I drink Red Bull so that I can read on long flights,” he said in the lounge, as a Greek businessman who owned restaurants in Madrid insisted on paying for our cafe freddo at the coffee kiosk and enthused about the changes coming to both countries.
(19) Savings come mainly from replacing some staff with self-service kiosks,” says the NAO report.
(20) Smoke is rising over parts of the city, after one demonstrator set light to a bin spyros gkelis (@northaura) Fire also in a garbage bin and a kiosk at #syntagma sq.