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April 18, 2024

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Colorless, Odorless Gas Likely Linked to Alarming Rise in Non-Smoking Lung Cancer

Apr. 11, 2024 — Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a 'smoker's disease,' a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or ...

Cannabis Use Linked to Increase in Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

Feb. 28, 2024 — More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new ...

Smoking Has Long-Term Effects on the Immune System

Feb. 14, 2024 — Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses, according to a new study. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term consequences. For many years after they have ...

Thirdhand Smoke May Harm Children

Jan. 8, 2024 — Researchers tested the surfaces in smoking households where children reside and found troubling ...

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How Gum Disease Aggravates Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jan. 14, 2024 — A new study shows how periodontitis, an oral disease, activates immune cells associated with aggravated progression of ...

Smoking Causes Brain Shrinkage, Study Finds

Dec. 12, 2023 — Smoking shrinks the brain and effectively causes premature brain aging, according to a new study. Quitting smoking prevents further loss of brain tissue but doesn't restore the brain to its original ...

Risk of Premature Birth from Smoking While Pregnant More Than Double Previous Estimates

Sep. 28, 2023 — Researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers -- more than ...

Study Finds High Blood and Urinary Metal Levels Among Exclusive Marijuana Users

Aug. 30, 2023 — New research has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important ...

New Study Identifies Risk Factors Associated With Low Birthweights

Feb. 15, 2023 — Multiple births, a short interval between pregnancies and mothers with a maternal physical or mental health condition are more at risk of having a low birth rate baby. Every year 20 million children ...

Machine Learning Identifies Drugs That Could Potentially Help Smokers Quit

Jan. 30, 2023 — Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study. Researchers developed ...

Smoking Increases Chances of Mid-Life Memory Loss, Confusion

Dec. 21, 2022 — Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, and the likelihood of cognitive decline is lower for those who have quit, even recently, a new ...

Marijuana and E-Cigs Can Harm the Heart Like Traditional Cigarettes, Research Finds

Nov. 15, 2022 — E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, researchers ...

Emphysema More Common in Marijuana Smokers Than Cigarette Smokers

Nov. 15, 2022 — Airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a new study. Researchers said the difference may be due to the way that marijuana is smoked ...

New Research Shows E-Cigarettes Cause Cardiac Arrhythmias

Oct. 25, 2022 — A new study has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models -- both in the form of premature and skipped heart beats. The study findings suggest exposure ...

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Long-Lasting Effects on Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Use

Mar. 14, 2023 — The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on adolescent mental health and substance use, according to a new population-based study based on survey responses from a sample of over 64,000 13- ...

Carbon Ultrafine Particles Accelerate Lung Cancer Progression

Nov. 29, 2022 — While it may seem common knowledge that smoking is bad for your lungs, if and how ultrafine particles present in cigarette smoke impact the development and progression of lung cancer remains unclear. ...

Pregnancy Could Curb Desire to Smoke Before It Is Suspected or Recognized

Oct. 17, 2022 — Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new study of more than 400 pregnant people. Then, in the month after ...

Proposed Menthol Ban in U.S. Would Cut Littering by 3.8 Billion Cigarette Butts Annually

Oct. 13, 2022 — Discarded cigarette butts are a top source of plastic pollution, and a new study estimates that banning menthol cigarettes in the United States would lead to 3.8 billion fewer littered cigarette ...

Thirdhand Smoke Can Trigger Skin Diseases, Study Finds

Oct. 11, 2022 — Researchers have found that acute exposure of the skin to thirdhand smoke -- residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked -- elevates ...

Smoking Increases the Risk of Illness and Viral Infection, Including Type of Coronavirus

Oct. 5, 2022 — New findings by tobacco researchers may lead to urgent recommendations for doctors to help patients quit smoking as a way of countering ...

Smoking to Blame for Most of England's Socioeconomic Disparity in Cancer Incidence, Study Finds

Sep. 21, 2022 — The majority of the socioeconomic disparity, or deprivation gap, in cancer incidence could have been prevented in England between 2013 and 2017 if nobody had smoked, according to a new ...

Second-Hand Smoke a Possible Asthma Risk for Future Generations, Study Finds

Sep. 15, 2022 — Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child, according to a new ...

Bronchodilators Don't Improve Smoking-Related Respiratory Symptoms in People Without COPD

Sep. 5, 2022 — Researchers have found that dual bronchodilators -- long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe -- do little to help people who do not have chronic obstructive ...

Smoking Is Even More Damaging to the Heart Than Previously Thought

Aug. 25, 2022 — Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to new research. The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people ...

More Danes Quit Smoking During COVID, Study Finds

Aug. 24, 2022 — Danish smokers bought less tobacco and more of them quit smoking than usual during the COVID pandemic, according to new research. The result comes as a surprise given that mental health and exercise ...

Which Teens Are More Likely to Vape? Research Shows Surprising Patterns Across Race and Sexuality Groups

Aug. 24, 2022 — A new study aims to examine differences in current e-cigarette use prevalence among U.S. youth at the intersections of sexual orientation with race and ...

People Who Use Therapeutic Cannabis Are More Likely to Use Nicotine, Too

Aug. 23, 2022 — People who use therapeutic cannabis are more likely to also use nicotine products than the general population, according to a new ...

Coffee and Cigarettes: Research Sheds New Light on Nicotine and Morning Brew

Aug. 17, 2022 — Coffee affects the brain's nicotine receptors, which might explain the coffee-cigarette morning combo familiar to ...

E-Cigarette Use to Reduce Cigarette Smoking May Not Increase Nicotine Dependence, Study Suggests

Aug. 16, 2022 — Electronic cigarettes have attracted media and consumer attention for claims of their addictive nature, variety of flavors, and increased use among teens, sparking regulatory oversight and policies. ...

Secret Behind 'Nic-Sickness' Could Help Break Tobacco Addiction

Aug. 10, 2022 — Nicotine activates the dopamine reward network in the brain, but at high doses it also activates a parallel aversive dopamine network. This discovery and identification of the nicotine receptor ...

New Study Shows Two Million Life-Years Lost and $21 Billion in Lost Earnings Annually Due to Smoking-Associated Cancer Deaths

Aug. 10, 2022 — A new study reports nearly 123,000 cancer deaths, or close to 30 percent of all cancer deaths, were from cigarette smoking in the United States in 2019, leading to more than two million Person-Years ...

Study That Investigated Whether Three Smoking Cessation Drugs Could Reduce Alcohol Intake Yields Unexpected Finding

Aug. 5, 2022 — A clinical trial to test whether three proven smoking cessation treatments could also reduce alcohol intake found no differences between the medications, but the rates of behavior change for alcohol ...

Smaller Airways Increase COPD Risk for Women

Aug. 2, 2022 — Structural differences in lung airways between men and woman may be the cause of differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and outcomes between the sexes. According to a ...

Fewer People Tried to Quit Smoking During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Shows

Aug. 1, 2022 — A new study shows serious smoking cessation activity declined among adults in the United States immediately after the onset of COVID-19 and persisted for over a year. Declines in attempts to quit ...