Vaping vs. smoking: Impact on cells compared
How does vaping affect cells, and can it cause DNA damage?Credit: Toxys Imperial Brands scientists have utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite ...
Tag: Smoking/Tobacco
Most US adults who vape want to quit, study finds
Vaping cessation interest is highest among former cigarette smokers, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers findCredit: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center More ...
Starting smoking cessation in hospitalized patients would reduce many premature deaths
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, due mainly ...
Children exposed to tobacco smoke use more emergent health services
UC study: Childhood illness from tobacco smoke exposure drives up health care visits and costsCredit: University of Cincinnati Tobacco smoke-exposed ...
Fourth generation of e-cigarettes is not harmless
UC Riverside study identified toxic elements in pod atomizersCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, ...
Experts recommend shared patient – doctor decision-making prior to lung cancer screening
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- In a viewpoint perspective published in JAMA on March 9, ...
Evidence review examines both benefits and harms for lung cancer screening
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and ...
New lung cancer screening recommendation expands access but may not address inequities
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Calling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's newly released recommendation ...
Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
UMass Amherst study points to health benefits from reducing cigarette smokingCredit: UMass Amherst Inflammation in the body has been linked ...
Alcohol and tobacco sales climb during early months of COVID-19 pandemic
Keck Medicine of USC study notes more dramatic increases among younger adults, ethnic minorities, those with younger children and/or large ...
Paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19
Credit: ATS March 1, 2021 - A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses ...
Daily emails about chemicals in tobacco lead some smokers to consider quitting
Credit: Goldstein, AO, et al., JAMA Network Open CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--For the last decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Adults with cognitive disabilities more than twice as likely to use e-cigarettes
George Mason University study is the first to assess the use of e-cigarettes among working-age adults by type of disabilityCredit: ...
Targeted health messaging needed in era of vaping, researchers say
Credit: University of Otago Health authorities should develop targeted health messages for vaping product and e-liquid packaging to encourage smokers ...