Smoking and Tobacco News

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in February.

Direct-to-consumer testing, combined with clinical follow-up, helped identify patients with undiagnosed alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, according to data published in Chest.

The use of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation method did not significantly prevent relapse or successful termination, according to survey findings published in Tobacco Control.

Heavy smoking, based on pack-years, in adults with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease was associated with increased risk for mortality, according to research published in Respiratory Medicine.

An intervention that utilized smoking-cessation therapy prescribed over the internet was feasible and effective, according to data published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Four different financial incentive programs for smoking cessation were cost-effective from the health care sector perspective, but more expensive from the employer perspective, which may hinder wider adoption, researchers reported.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in January.

Among smokers who did not have an initial plan to stop smoking, daily e-cigarette use was associated with higher odds of cigarette discontinuation, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

In young adults, secondhand nicotine vape exposure was associated with an increased risk for bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath, researchers reported in Thorax.

Decreased pulmonary function characteristic of COPD may be attributable, in part, to the interaction between genome-wide polygenic risk scores and smoking exposures, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.