Smoking

Healio has compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in April.

The odds for severe acute respiratory disease events rose among previous/current smokers with evidence of quantitative interstitial abnormality, or QIA, progression on CT scans, according to results published in Radiology.

Recent cannabis legalization and retail sales have had a limited impact on teen use, a study showed.

In a video interview, Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, retinal specialist and assistant professor of ophthalmology at Duke University discusses necessary lifestyle modifications dry AMD patients can incorporate to slow the development of the disease.

Among habitual waterpipe smokers, brachial and aortic blood pressure, as well as heart rate, rose after 30-minute outdoor use of the pipe, according to results published in CHEST.

A new analysis of randomized clinical trial data showed that vitamin C supplementation during pregnancy may reduce wheeze in the offspring of mothers who smoke, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

Three health groups have filed a lawsuit against the FDA over a delay in finalizing the proposed rule banning menthol cigarettes, according to a press release from one of the groups.

Female sex, smoking, Crohn’s disease and a history of surgery to treat inflammatory bowel disease were associated with an increased risk for developing extraintestinal manifestations of disease, according to research in Gastroenterology.

Individuals using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation had a higher 6-month abstinence rate than nicotine replacement therapy users and a similar rate to varenicline users, according to results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Cisplatin chemotherapy may not reach its potential efficacy in individuals with head and neck cancer if they are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to results published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.