Tobacco
FDA’s ‘The Real Cost’ campaign successful in preventing youth smoking
From 2014 to 2016, the FDA’s “The Real Cost” media campaign aimed at children and adolescents has prevented as many as 587,000 youths nationwide from initiating smoking, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Smoking intervention at pediatrician’s office helps parents quit
Pediatricians can help parents quit smoking by routinely screening them for tobacco use and offering them cessation assistance during their child’s appointment, study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics suggest.
FDA proposes adding new health warnings, images to cigarette packaging
The FDA has issued a proposed rule that would require cigarette packaging and advertisements to include new health warnings with photo-realistic images about the lesser-known, but serious, health risks of cigarette smoking, according to an agency press release.
Vaping, cigarette smoking worsen sleep quality in women
Women who use electronic cigarettes in addition to conventional cigarettes experience more sleep disturbances than nonsmokers and those who only use one product, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
1 in 10 older adults binge drink
One in 10 older adults in the United States are current binge drinkers, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
Smoking cessation for 30 years confers reduced PAD risk similar to never smokers
Smoking has been shown to have significant associations with peripheral artery disease, CHD and stroke, with the strongest link seen for PAD, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.