Tobacco Use Cessation

Prescription medications added onto tobacco longitudinal care did not improve long-term abstinence rates among current smokers eligible for lung cancer screening, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

The monthly rates of tobacco assessments in primary care decreased by half during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained low despite transitions back to in-person care, according to a recent study.

Physicians in Maryland have been recognized for electronically referring tobacco-smoking patients to quitline resources, a study in the Annals of Family Medicine reported.

Current smoking was associated with elevated risk for HF in a dose-response manner, according to a new analysis of the ARIC cohort.

Studies that have found a link between smoking and COVID-19 severity provide a new reason for primary care physicians to keep talking to their patients about ways to quit smoking, an expert told Healio.

Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses a presentation from World Conference on Lung Cancer which focused on the importance of integrating tobacco cessation strategies into lung cancer practice in a video interview with Healio

In this video, Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses cessation program engagement data that was presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Today is World Cancer Day.

American Association for Cancer Research honored Lourdes A. Báezconde-Garbanati, PhD, with the AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.

Electronic cigarette smokers experience moderate to severe dry eye and poorer tear film quality in comparison to nonsmokers, according to a study performed by the National Institute of Ophthalmic Sciences Optometry Clinic in Malaysia.