“…Exposure of human cells, such as monocytes and macrophages, to cigarette smoke has been shown to disrupt redox homeostasis (Tanni et al, ), downregulate antioxidant gene expression (Goven et al, ), and enhance pro‐inflammatory responses (Lerner et al, ). Furthermore, the deleterious effect of cigarette smoke on gingival cells has been reported in deregulating gingival fibroblast cell cycle progression by increasing the G 0 /G 1 phase and decreasing the S and G 2 /M phases (Alamri et al, ). Indeed, gene expression analyses showed the activation of several apoptotic genes following exposure to cigarette smoke (Alamri et al, ).…”