Smoking

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry is a common lung function trait associated with breathlessness, multimorbidity and increased mortality risk, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Smoking cigarettes was associated with lower rates of BP control among patients on medication to treat hypertension, according to an abstract presented at the American College of Cardiology Latin America Conference.

Portable air cleaners improved respiratory outcomes among former smokers with COPD, with the greatest benefit found in those with greater adherence and those who spent more time indoors, according to results of the CLEAN AIR STUDY.

E-cigarette use among adults was associated with increased odds of developing asthma and COPD, especially among older adults, women and Hispanic Americans, according to new data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Using a combination of nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline may be more effective as first-line therapy for smoking cessation than varenicline alone, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The FDA announced it has authorized marketing of three new tobacco products — the first set of electronic nicotine delivery system products ever to be authorized by the FDA via the Premarket Tobacco Product Application pathway.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, an increase in parental smoking in the household led to significantly more children being exposed to cigarette smoke, researchers reported at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Adults who transition from obesity to a healthy weight may reverse their progression of cardiovascular risk, even if they continue to smoke and especially if they quit, according to an analysis of data.

Smoking is highly likely to increase COVID-19 severity and associated risk for mortality, researchers reported in Thorax,.

Among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S., asthma was one of the most important risk factors for early COPD, along with smoking and chronic sinusitis, according to new research in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.