Smoking

Among the estimated 46 million U.S. adults who used tobacco products in 2021, cigarette smoking prevalence decreased while e-cigarette use increased, according to CDC data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Use of only electronic-nicotine delivery systems did not raise the odds for wheezing; however, when used in current and former cigarette smokers, it showed a small elevated risk, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Many veterans with COPD who smoke did not regularly use technology and had low electronic health literacy, suggesting the need for outreach outside of technology, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The Florida Department of Health awarded a more than $1.4 million grant to Taghrid Asfar, MD, MSPH, to develop new smoking cessation treatments for construction workers.

In this video, Matthew Ohr, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discusses what physicians can tell patients with dry AMD to help them prevent their condition from worsening, such as quitting smoking and taking AREDS supplements.

Adults who improve from prediabetes to normoglycemia do not have a lower risk for death compared with those with persistent prediabetes, but lifestyle modification can help reduce mortality risk, according to study data.

Smoking consistently after acute ischemic stroke was associated with increased risk for CV events and death compared with never smoking, researchers reported.

In a cohort of smokers screened for lung cancer, women, unmarried individuals, African Americans and those with a low education level had a low likelihood of attempting to quit smoking, according to study results published in CHEST.

Older adults with chronic kidney disease are at an increased risk for major hemorrhage, according to data published in Kidney International.

Current smoking, use of sedative hypnotics and dyspnea increased the risk for death by suicide or drug overdose among adults with a smoking history with or without COPD, according to study results published in CHEST.