Smoking and Tobacco News

SEATTLE — Less than one-third of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated at a California medical center would have been eligible for lung cancer screenings based on several existing guidelines, according to data presented at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting.

A temporary deterioration in glycemic control, lasting up to 3 years, is linked to smoking cessation in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to recent study findings published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Adults aged 60 years or older who stopped smoking even later in life were at reduced risk for cardiovascular events and death, according to study results.

Smokers who partake in moderate to high cardiorespiratory fitness have a reduced chance of developing metabolic syndrome and other cardiorespiratory disease risk factors, according to a recently published study.

The longer a mother breast-fed after childbirth, the likelier it was the mother reduced her smoking habits at 9 months postpartum, according to recent study results.

High doses of flavor chemicals — which may be safe when ingested — could cause respiratory irritation and be of toxicological concern when inhaled, according to a recently published study.

Smokers who think that tobacco helps control their weight are less likely to be affected by anti-smoking policies, compared with those who do not believe it controls weight, according to recently published data. 

In January 2014, Colorado became the first U.S. state to pass a law allowing the sale of recreational marijuana use. The passing of this law brought about the possibility for potential public health implications.

Higher conscientiousness in childhood and adulthood was associated with a lower risk for smoking at age 50 years, according to study findings in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The use of visual depictions of vaping in e-cigarette commercials may serve as cigarette smoking cues to smokers and former smokers, increasing the urge to smoke and smoking behavior, according to recent study results.