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January 19, 2021
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USPSTF: Ask adults about tobacco use

USPSTF: Ask adults about tobacco use

United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use and provide them with behavioral interventions and even FDA-approved pharmacotherapy to help them quit smoking.

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January 14, 2021
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Ramadan represents ‘untapped opportunity’ to encourage smoking cessation among Muslim men

Ramadan represents ‘untapped opportunity’ to encourage smoking cessation among Muslim men

Religiously tailored text messages intended to decrease smoking during Ramadan were “feasible and acceptable” among Muslim men in Minnesota, results of a single-arm observational study showed.

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January 04, 2021
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Dual vaping/cigarette use may be no safer than tobacco cigarette use alone

Dual vaping/cigarette use may be no safer than tobacco cigarette use alone

E-cigarette use combined with use of traditional cigarettes may confer similar inflammatory and oxidative stress to exclusive use of traditional cigarettes, according to research published in Circulation.

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December 28, 2020
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Reductions in smoking uptake reflected across all racial/ethnic groups in California, US

Reductions in smoking uptake reflected across all racial/ethnic groups in California, US

Current tobacco control programs over the past two decades led to a decrease in overall cigarette use uptake in the United States and California, with reductions largely observed among non-Hispanic white adults, according to a new study.

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December 23, 2020
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Vitamin C, smoking cessation during pregnancy may improve infant airway function

Vitamin C, smoking cessation during pregnancy may improve infant airway function

Vitamin C supplementation, in conjunction with smoking cessation counseling, significantly increased airway function through 12 months of age among the offspring of pregnant smokers, researchers reported in the European Respiratory Journal.

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November 18, 2020
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The Great American Smokeout: 10 articles on quitting smoking

The Great American Smokeout: 10 articles on quitting smoking

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.”

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October 28, 2020
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Continued smoking from younger age may confer higher risk for CV mortality

Continued smoking from younger age may confer higher risk for CV mortality

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

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September 21, 2020
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App based on acceptance helps more smokers quit than app based on avoidance

App based on acceptance helps more smokers quit than app based on avoidance

iCanQuit, an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smoking cessation app, helped more smokers quit than the National Cancer Institute’s QuitGuide, a U.S. clinical practice guidelines app based on avoidance of smoking triggers, data show.

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September 16, 2020
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New definition of hypertension less likely to be met with more ideal health behaviors

New definition of hypertension less likely to be met with more ideal health behaviors

Improving CV health by meeting components of Life’s Simple 7 may reduce the risk for incident hypertension when the lower hypertension threshold of 130/80 mm Hg is used, researchers found.

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September 14, 2020
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Surgeons: Helping patients who smoke is important medicine

Surgeons: Helping patients who smoke is important medicine

Tobacco use and smoking, in particular, wreak widespread havoc on the musculoskeletal system.

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