Smoking
Cigarette smoking increases risk for CRC
Fewer adults follow lung cancer screening guidelines than previously reported
In a systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers found that the overall pooled lung cancer screening adherence rate among adults was 55%, “much lower” than rates reported in large randomized clinical trials.
Childhood smoke exposure reduces LV function
Passive smoke exposure in childhood was associated with a reduction in global longitudinal strain, a marker of left ventricular dysfunction, in adulthood, researchers reported at the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
Couples often have similar CV risk factors
Within couples, there was often similar adherence or nonadherence to ideal CV health behaviors, which may represent an opportunity for targeted risk factor modification, researchers reported.
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.
Study: BMI, smoking and metabolic factors are associated with knee pain
Increased BMI, current smoking status and glycemic control are modifiable risk factors associated with self-reported knee pain, according to published results.
Current lung cancer screening guidelines miss many young, high-risk, Black smokers
A new study that evaluated the applicability of newer individual risk-based prediction models for lung cancer screening highlights a need for new lung cancer screening methods that focus on population demographics and smoking history.
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.
Smoking may play causal role in fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Smoking may increase the risk for fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage and potentially affect the familial manifestation of this event, researchers found in an analysis of the Finnish Twin Cohort.
Surgeons: Helping patients who smoke is important medicine
Tobacco use and smoking, in particular, wreak widespread havoc on the musculoskeletal system.