Principles of care established for young adults with substance use disorders
Supplement published in Pediatrics highlights evidence on how best to address this unique age groupCredit: BMC Boston - A national ...
Tag: Smoking/Tobacco
Study finds new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana and tobacco smoke
Marijuana smoking found to raise levels of potentially harmful chemicals but to a lesser degree than tobacco smoking; Exposure to ...
Marijuana use typically drops at the beginning of the year, then climbs in summer and fall
Seasonal variation may be explained by new year's resolutionsCredit: Image by Louliana Voelker for NYU; icons by Guilherme Furtado and ...
Researchers aim AI at rising oral cancers with $3.3M grant from National Cancer Institute
Case Western Reserve and local, global partners work to better predict which patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas will need ...
Study: the pandemic’s impact on lung cancer
A UC study shows that the pandemic negatively affected both preventive screening and patient outcomesCredit: Colleen Kelley When the pandemic ...
UTEP researcher studies effects of teen vaping on the brain and behavior
Vaping among adolescents continues to be a public health crisis throughout the nationCredit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications EL ...
Salk’s Dannielle Engle awarded over $1 million to study tobacco use on pancreatic cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle has been awarded a New Investigator Award ...
UC studies tobacco use, cancer connection
Research shows that tobacco use changes the metabolism of a type of kidney cancer which could lead to individualized treatmentCredit: ...
A call for more comprehensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients who smoke
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Programs designed to help cancer patients stop using tobacco should be considered ...
Promising breath-test for cancer
Potential for early warning of head, neck cancerCredit: Flinders University The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for ...
Tobacco regulatory science researcher earns $1.3 million grant to study role of menthol
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration banned numerous cigarette flavors, from chocolate to ...
New technologies link treatments to the patients who need them the most
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center explore remote methods for conducting smoking cessation clinical ...
Tests indicate modern oral nicotine products elicit lower toxicity responses than cigs
Credit: Bat-science.com New research by BAT indicates that modern oral products (MOPs) showed lower toxicity responses in certain assays than ...
Fred Hutch-led clinical trial shows new smartphone app helps smokers quit
JAMA Internal Medicine study shows iCanQuit app, based on acceptance and commitment therapy, is 1 1/2 times more efficacious than ...