Smoking Cessation
Rheumatology staff-driven protocol boosts referrals to tobacco quit lines 26-fold
Quit Connect, an electronic health record protocol for referring rheumatology patients to tobacco quit lines implemented by staff at the University of Wisconsin, increased referrals 26-fold over a 6-month period, according to data.
E-cigarette use associated with risk for wheezing, shortness of breath in young users
E-cigarette use was associated with increased risk for wheezing and shortness of breath in adolescents and young adults, according to new data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Smoking cessation lowers coronary artery calcification risk in patients with CKD
Severe respiratory failure risk elevated in older e-cigarette users in rural Appalachia
Patients hospitalized with e-cigarette and vaping-associated lung injury living in rural areas are more commonly older and develop more severe respiratory failure compared with those living in urban areas, researchers reported.
Smoking cessation program effective for people with psychiatric disorders post-discharge
A scalable, multicomponent intervention for smoking cessation appeared effective among people with psychiatric disorders following hospital discharge, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Among stroke survivors who smoke, e-cigarette users more likely to quit
Nearly 14% of active smokers who survived a stroke use e-cigarettes, and those users were more inclined than e-cigarette nonusers to try to quit smoking within the past year, according to a research letter published in JAMA Neurology.
Parental smoking intervention cost effective in pediatric primary care setting
A parental smoking intervention was effective and “inexpensive” to implement in pediatric primary care practices, with costs per quit that were comparable to other interventions, according to researchers.
Fewer requests for smoking cessation services during COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, requests for smoking-cessation services were down 27%, according to new data from the North American Quitline Consortium.
Most pediatric clinicians do not provide smoking cessation counseling to parents
Pediatric primary care clinicians “frequently” screened parents to obtain their smoking behaviors but “rarely” provided smoking cessation counseling, researchers wrote in PLoS One.
Smoking may increase risk for developing symptomatic COVID-19
Current smoking appears to increase individual risk for developing symptomatic COVID-19, according to results published in Thorax.