Smoking News
May 21, 2024
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Apr. 11, 2024 Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a 'smoker's disease,' a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or ...
Feb. 28, 2024 More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new ...
Feb. 14, 2024 Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses, according to a new study. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term consequences. For many years after they have ...
Jan. 8, 2024 Researchers tested the surfaces in smoking households where children reside and found troubling ...
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Jan. 14, 2024 A new study shows how periodontitis, an oral disease, activates immune cells associated with aggravated progression of ...
Dec. 12, 2023 Smoking shrinks the brain and effectively causes premature brain aging, according to a new study. Quitting smoking prevents further loss of brain tissue but doesn't restore the brain to its original ...
Sep. 28, 2023 Researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers -- more than ...
Aug. 30, 2023 New research has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important ...
Feb. 15, 2023 Multiple births, a short interval between pregnancies and mothers with a maternal physical or mental health condition are more at risk of having a low birth rate baby. Every year 20 million children ...
Jan. 30, 2023 Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study. Researchers developed ...
Dec. 21, 2022 Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, and the likelihood of cognitive decline is lower for those who have quit, even recently, a new ...
Nov. 15, 2022 E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, researchers ...
Nov. 15, 2022 Airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a new study. Researchers said the difference may be due to the way that marijuana is smoked ...
Oct. 25, 2022 A new study has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models -- both in the form of premature and skipped heart beats. The study findings suggest exposure ...
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May 1, 2024 Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone. Researchers ...
Mar. 14, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on adolescent mental health and substance use, according to a new population-based study based on survey responses from a sample of over 64,000 13- ...
Nov. 29, 2022 While it may seem common knowledge that smoking is bad for your lungs, if and how ultrafine particles present in cigarette smoke impact the development and progression of lung cancer remains unclear. ...
Oct. 17, 2022 Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new study of more than 400 pregnant people. Then, in the month after ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Discarded cigarette butts are a top source of plastic pollution, and a new study estimates that banning menthol cigarettes in the United States would lead to 3.8 billion fewer littered cigarette ...
Oct. 11, 2022 Researchers have found that acute exposure of the skin to thirdhand smoke -- residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked -- elevates ...
Oct. 5, 2022 New findings by tobacco researchers may lead to urgent recommendations for doctors to help patients quit smoking as a way of countering ...
Sep. 21, 2022 The majority of the socioeconomic disparity, or deprivation gap, in cancer incidence could have been prevented in England between 2013 and 2017 if nobody had smoked, according to a new ...
Sep. 15, 2022 Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child, according to a new ...
Sep. 5, 2022 Researchers have found that dual bronchodilators -- long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe -- do little to help people who do not have chronic obstructive ...
Aug. 25, 2022 Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to new research. The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people ...
Aug. 24, 2022 Danish smokers bought less tobacco and more of them quit smoking than usual during the COVID pandemic, according to new research. The result comes as a surprise given that mental health and exercise ...
Aug. 24, 2022 A new study aims to examine differences in current e-cigarette use prevalence among U.S. youth at the intersections of sexual orientation with race and ...
Aug. 23, 2022 People who use therapeutic cannabis are more likely to also use nicotine products than the general population, according to a new ...
Aug. 17, 2022 Coffee affects the brain's nicotine receptors, which might explain the coffee-cigarette morning combo familiar to ...
Aug. 16, 2022 Electronic cigarettes have attracted media and consumer attention for claims of their addictive nature, variety of flavors, and increased use among teens, sparking regulatory oversight and policies. ...
Aug. 10, 2022 Nicotine activates the dopamine reward network in the brain, but at high doses it also activates a parallel aversive dopamine network. This discovery and identification of the nicotine receptor ...
Aug. 10, 2022 A new study reports nearly 123,000 cancer deaths, or close to 30 percent of all cancer deaths, were from cigarette smoking in the United States in 2019, leading to more than two million Person-Years ...
Aug. 5, 2022 A clinical trial to test whether three proven smoking cessation treatments could also reduce alcohol intake found no differences between the medications, but the rates of behavior change for alcohol ...
Aug. 2, 2022 Structural differences in lung airways between men and woman may be the cause of differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and outcomes between the sexes. According to a ...
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- More Danes Quit Smoking During COVID, Study Finds
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- Secret Behind 'nic-Sickness' Could Help Break Tobacco Addiction
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- Marijuana Use Is Much More Common in US States That Have Legalized Recreational Cannabis Use
- Scientists Reveal Genetic Architecture Underlying Alcohol, Cigarette Abuse
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- Nicotine-Sired Male Offspring at Risk of Addiction Behavior and Memory Impairments, Study Finds
- Human Skin Can Be Damaged by Exposure to Third-Hand Smoke and Electronic Cigarette Spills
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- Study Suggests Why Most Smokers Don't Get Lung Cancer
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- Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in Early Life Is Associated With Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds