Smoking and Tobacco News

A new battle in the decades-long war between tobacco companies and health advocates recently began when the FDA permitted Philip Morris’ IQOS Tobacco Heating System to go on the U.S. market.

DALLAS — People using a novel smartphone application with an integrated mobile carbon monoxide checker were more likely to abstain from smoking longer, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Research presented at the American Thoracic Society’s International Meeting suggests that although e-cigarettes and cigarettes can leave people susceptible to viral illness, the products affect the immune system differently. Researchers noted that e-cigarette use may specifically impair patients’ adaptive antiviral immune response.

Current smokers are less likely to meet recommendations for breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings than people who have never smoked, according to results from a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

Six different socioeconomic and health-related disadvantages were associated with greater odds of smoking initiation and lower odds of smoking cessation, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The earlier in pregnancy a woman quits smoking, the lower her risk for preterm birth, even if she was a high-frequency cigarette smoker, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

A slight reduction in absolute smoking prevalence in the United States would result in “substantial” Medicaid savings the following year, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — The role e-cigarettes play on tobacco dependence, the morbidity and potentially mortality from tobacco is “unclear,” a speaker said at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — An approach to smoking cessation that treats nicotine addiction as a medical condition that must be controlled is usually more effective than other smoking cessation methods, a speaker at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine meeting said.

PHILADELPHIA — Most health care providers are “blind” to the proper way of preventing and stopping smoking among teenagers, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.