Tobacco Smoking

In young adults with normal spirometry, e-cigarette users and tobacco smokers had similar poorer exercise capacity vs. never vapers/smokers, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

A universal screening and opt-out referral strategy may reduce disparities in tobacco treatment access and increase use of smoking cessation services by people with cancer, according to results of a qualitative improvement study.

Individuals who smoke tobacco using a waterpipe had a higher risk for death from multiple cancer types compared with those who never smoked, according to data from an ongoing cohort study published in JAMA Oncology.

SAN DIEGO — Smokers who used electronic cigarettes after quitting had more risk for lung cancer than those who quit but did not use e-cigarettes, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Among four preventable risk factors for cancer mortality, smoking tobacco resulted in the most deaths and years of life lost in seven countries, according to data published in eClinicalMedicine.

Researchers identified early signals of atherosclerosis in blood samples from young people who smoke tobacco cigarettes or vape, though to a lesser extent among the latter.

An updated American Heart Association checklist that now includes sleep health metrics showed about 80% of U.S. adults have low to moderate CV health, with lowest scores occurring in the areas of diet, physical activity and BMI.

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.

Active and passive tobacco smoking around birth was associated with an increase in the risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, researchers reported in Chest.