Smoking and Tobacco News

Parental smoking during childhood is potentially associated with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis later in life, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Reducing excess body fat and adjusting factors of metabolic syndrome can greatly lower the risk for lung disease among World Trade Center first responders, according to data in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The American Thoracic Society Tobacco Action Committee released a new policy with recommendations created to reduce tobacco use, and increase research, treatment and tobacco treatment program implementation.

A new systematic review published in Heart and Lung highlights a wide variety of radiological patterns and patterns of injury associated with e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury.

Current smokers with early-stage lung cancer who quit smoking after their diagnosis had improved overall and progression-free survival rates, according to a prospective cohort study.

Full pulmonary function tests contribute useful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with vaping-related lung injury, according to a speaker at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

More than one-fourth of adults with CVD use tobacco products and few of them quit over 5 years, researchers reported.

Over the past 6 decades, despite improvements in air quality and tobacco use, socioeconomic disparities in pulmonary disease prevalence, respiratory symptoms and lung function persisted and, in some cases, worsened, according to new data.

The Healio Editors have compiled a list of the most-read news in pulmonology posted in May.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the virtual meeting.