Smoking

Between 1999 and 2016, the general prevalence of smoking steadily declined, but in the stroke survivor population, smoking, which may hinder secondary prevention, remained stagnant, according to research presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Physical inactivity was associated with an excess risk for atherosclerotic CVD similar to smoking and poor cholesterol levels, according to a research letter published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

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Children born to mothers who smoked in early pregnancy were more likely to experience a fracture before age 1 year than those born to mothers who did not smoke, according to findings from a national register study published in BMJ.

Low-dose, volume-based CT screening appeared associated with reduced lung cancer mortality compared with no screening among individuals at high risk for the disease, according to results of the randomized NELSON trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The risk for sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, was nearly 12 times higher in infants with mothers who both smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol beyond the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a study published in EClinicalMedicine.

The surgeon general today released a new report — the 34th report on tobacco and the first in 30 years to focus on smoking cessation — that details the latest science on comprehensive interventions to help people quit smoking.

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes across 56 European Society of Cardiology member countries has increased two- to threefold in 30 years, hampering efforts to reduce CVD burden, according to the ESC.

Among patients with immunoglobulin A vasculitis, smoking is associated with renal involvement, while generalized purpura and pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predict both gastrointestinal and renal symptoms, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Declines in muscle density among patients with rheumatoid arthritis are linked to greater disease activity, smoking and low insulin-like growth factor-1 levels, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.