Some childhood exposures, such as parental smoking and respiratory tract infections, are risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged adults, researchers find.
Nicotine e-cigarettes show potential in helping smokers quit, but health experts continue to caution against their use as smoking cessation aids.
A six-year study found that 42% of dual smokers and vapers were likely to continue smoking in the long run.
Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, and the more people smoke, the worse their heart function becomes, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.
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The risk of death or poor prognosis after a heart attack is more than 20-fold higher in smokers with exhaled carbon monoxide levels above 13 ppm, indicating heavy smoking and inhalation of smoke.
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The FDA has ordered Juul Labs Inc to stop selling and distributing all Juul vaping devices in the US, and remove all existing product from consumer shelves.
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The US FDA plans to develop a proposed product standard that would reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, the agency says.
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Smokers in the United States who received cigarette packs with graphic warning labels hid their packs 38% more often, but stopped hiding their cigarettes when they returned to regular packs without the graphic warning labels.
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More than 1 million United States youth aged 14 to 17 years old in 2017 became new daily tobacco product users within two years, with more than 75% vaping e-cigarettes daily, according to a study published online in Pediatrics.
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Adult smokers who switch to vaping reported better physical health, exercised more and had more active social engagement.
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On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, international lung health groups are raising concerns over Big Tobacco’s impact on environmental health and ultimately lung health.
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The US FDA has proposed to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars.
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Significant reductions in cigarette smoking rates were found among US adults with major depression, substance use disorder, or both from 2006 to 2019, according to an analysis published in JAMA.
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Many physicians incorrectly believe all tobacco products are equally harmful and thus are less likely to recommend e-cigarettes for people seeking to quit smoking or those being treated for a tobacco-caused disease.
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Smoking cessation adds the same number of heart disease-free years to life as three preventive medications combined, according to research at ESC 2022.
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