Smoking

People with a smoking history who quit, especially at younger ages, avoid much of the excess risk for dying of cancer associated with continued smoking, according to a prospective study published in JAMA Oncology.

Studies that have found a link between smoking and COVID-19 severity provide a new reason for primary care physicians to keep talking to their patients about ways to quit smoking, an expert told Healio.

A retrospective analysis published in JAMA Cardiology found significant improvement in atherosclerotic CVD risk prediction among participants with former smoking, pack-years and years since quitting.

Among Black adults, an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smartphone app was more effective for smoking cessation compared with a conventional app, researchers reported in Addiction.

Compared with cancer survivors, stroke survivors were less likely to quit smoking, with nearly 40% continuing to smoke after the stroke, suggested new data.

Among patients with predisposing factors for HF, aspirin use was associated with a 26% increased risk for HF development, researchers reported in ESC Heart Failure.

New data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that current smoking was associated with fatal events caused by MI and stroke as first clinical CVD manifestations.

According to published results, current smoking status and a BMI greater than 35 kg/m2 “significantly predicted” prolonged opioid usage after lumbar decompression and fusion surgery.

Flavors are an important motivator for e-cigarette uptake in youth, but the role of flavored e-cigarettes on uptake of tobacco smoking or cessation remains unclear, according to a systematic review published in Addiction.

The prevalence of asthma was 21.6% among individuals aged 45 years and older in China in 2018, according to results of a large, comprehensive asthma survey.