Smoking and Tobacco News

Spirometry-defined small airway dysfunction is prevalent among adults in China, and cigarette smoking, air pollution exposure and higher BMI are preventable risk factors, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

The FDA recently authorized Philip Morris International to market its IQOS Tobacco Heating System. Physicians told Healio Primary Care that the public health impact of the agency’s decision is not immediately apparent.

Achieve Life Sciences announced positive top-line results of the RAUORA trial demonstrating that cytisinicline was noninferior to varenicline for smoking cessation.

People with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a lower breathing capacity and, consequently, increased risk for COPD, even if they do not smoke or have other risk factors, according to a study published in JAMA.

In this video, Paul Steinhauser, MD, captain of the U.S. Air Force and second-year internal medicine resident at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, reviews a case report of vaping-induced lung injury.

An intervention that integrated behavioral counseling, care management and care coordination for patients with serious mental illness significantly reduced overall CV risk, researchers reported.

Black adults who currently smoked cigarettes had a dose-dependent higher risk for stroke compared with those who never smoked or did so in the past, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

People who smoke occasionally — even just a few times a month — still have a mortality risk significantly higher than never smokers, suggesting that complete cessation is needed to lower risks, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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Less than 7% of U.S. adults engaged in all five healthy behaviors recommended by public health institutions, researchers reported. These behaviors included exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and normal BMI.