Smoking Cessation

Smoking is one of the most harmful factors for clinical outcomes in orthopedic surgery. Numerous studies have reported the negative effects of smoking on infection rate, cardiopulmonary complications and tendon healing.

Flavorings combine with solvents in electronic cigarettes to produce unstable chemicals that may cause respiratory effects in users, according to new data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Patients who started or continued smoking after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis experienced greater risk for stroke compared with patients who quit or never smoked, researchers reported.

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics reported that almost half of teens who vape e-cigarettes seriously contemplate quitting, suggesting that interventions focused on vaping cessation are “urgently needed,” researchers said.

Past trends of higher lung cancer incidence among young Black people vs. young white people have disappeared for men and reversed for women in the United States, according to retrospective study results published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.

Young adults who quit smoking within 1 year after an MI reduced their risk for all-cause and CV mortality by more than 50%, researchers found.

In a new position paper, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology recommended that due to known CV harms from e-cigarettes, they should not be used for smoking cessation except as a last resort.

Smoking history and duration impact current health measures among former smokers aged 65 years and older, according to new data published in the National Health Statistics Report.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read pulmonology news published in July.

The American Thoracic Society issued a new clinical practice guideline that outlines recommendations for initiating pharmacologic treatment for smoking cessation in tobacco-dependent adults.