Smoking and Tobacco News

In a new study, e-cigarette use was associated with increased risk for developing major respiratory diseases, including asthma, bronchitis and COPD, independent of cigarette smoking or use of other tobacco products.

Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, according to a new report published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Passive smoke exposure in childhood was associated with a reduction in global longitudinal strain, a marker of left ventricular dysfunction, in adulthood, researchers reported at the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read news from the virtual CHEST Annual 2020 Meeting.

On the third Thursday of each November, the American Cancer Society encourages the estimated 32.4 million smokers in the United States to begin the “journey to a smoke-free life” in the “Great American Smokeout.”

One-third of users of e-cigarette or related products reported symptoms associated with lung irritation or injury caused by vaping.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read pulmonology news published in October.

Compared with never smokers, current smokers had elevated risk for CV mortality, which was higher the earlier a person began smoking, researchers reported.

The prevalence of e-cigarette use increased from 2018 to 2019 among current, former and never adult smokers in the United States, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A new study that evaluated the applicability of newer individual risk-based prediction models for lung cancer screening highlights a need for new lung cancer screening methods that focus on population demographics and smoking history.