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UrduWhat The Study Did: The association between low to moderate alcohol drinking and the rate of age-related decline in cognitive function from middle to older age was investigated in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Authors: Changwei Li, M.D.,…
Tag: SMOKING/TOBACCO
First comparison of dangers of tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes and waterpipes
Any smoking and vaping technique may increase risk of COVID-19 infection and death
Childhood obesity linked to multiple environmental factors in first-of-its-kind study
Exposure to smoking and air pollution as well as living in densely populated areas or those with low walkability pinpointed by international collaboration co-led by Keck School of Medicine of USC
Childhood obesity linked to multiple environmental factors in first-of-its-kind study
Exposure to smoking and air pollution as well as living in densely populated areas or those with low walkability pinpointed by international collaboration co-led by Keck School of Medicine of USC
Studies examine association between recreational marijuana legalization, changes in traffic fatality rates
What The Studies Did: These studies looked at changes in the rate of traffic fatalities in states that have legalized the use of recreational cannabis. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https:/…
Combination of healthy lifestyle traits may substantially reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk
Data from two NIH studies show 60% lower risk among those with highest number of healthy behaviors
Combination of healthy lifestyle traits may substantially reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk
Data from two NIH studies show 60% lower risk among those with highest number of healthy behaviors
Perceived harm of e-cigarettes vs cigarettes after outbreak of vaping-associated lung injury
What The Study Did: This survey study looked at perceptions of the harms of electronic cigarettes compared to regular cigarettes among current smokers in England before and after the U.S. outbreak of vaping-associated lung injury in 2019. Misperceptions that e-cigarettes…
Perceived harm of e-cigarettes vs cigarettes after outbreak of vaping-associated lung injury
What The Study Did: This survey study looked at perceptions of the harms of electronic cigarettes compared to regular cigarettes among current smokers in England before and after the U.S. outbreak of vaping-associated lung injury in 2019. Misperceptions that e-cigarettes…
Zhao receives funding for youth tobacco education campaigns
Xiaoquan Zhao, PhD Director/Faculty, Communication, received $28,707 from the Food and Drug Administration for research support for the FDA’s Youth Tobacco Education Campaigns. Zhao is serving as a consultant to the FDA Center for Tobacco Products to help guide rigorous…
NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
Smoking cessation could be a path to fewer strokes, researchers say
NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
Smoking cessation could be a path to fewer strokes, researchers say
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
According to a new study, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a lower breathing capacity and, consequently, an increased risk for COPD–even if they don’t smoke or have any other risk factors. The…
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
According to a new study, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a lower breathing capacity and, consequently, an increased risk for COPD–even if they don’t smoke or have any other risk factors. The…
Comparing new use of flavored vs unflavored e-cigarettes with starting, quitting smoking
What The Study Did: This survey study looked at the association between starting to use flavored or unflavored e-cigarettes and subsequently starting or quitting smoking among adolescents and adults. Authors: Abigail S. Friedman, Ph.D., of the Yale School of Public…
Is e-cigarette use associated with relapse among former smokers?
What The Study Did: Whether use of electronic cigarettes among former cigarette smokers was associated with an increased risk of smoking relapse was examined with the use of nationally representative survey data. Authors: Wilson M. Compton, M.D., M.P.E., of the…
New alcohol genes uncovered
Do you have what is known as problematic alcohol use? Then statistically you will also be particularly genetically predisposed to develop e.g. depression and insomnia. And to become dependent on drugs and tobacco. This is shown by a new international stud
No smoke, but still hazardous
A technique that can better assess harmful chemicals adds to the analysis toolkit for cigarette alternatives. This pioneering research by KAUST scientists reveals that a tobacco-heating device called “I quit ordinary smoking” (IQOS), emits many more potentially harmful chemicals than…
Continued nicotine use promotes brain tumors in lung cancer patients, study suggests
Wake Forest researchers suggest nicotine replacement therapies may not be suitable smoking cessation strategies for this population
New alcohol genes uncovered
Do you have what is known as problematic alcohol use? Then statistically you will also be particularly genetically predisposed to develop e.g. depression and insomnia. And to become dependent on drugs and tobacco. This is shown by a new international stud
No smoke, but still hazardous
A technique that can better assess harmful chemicals adds to the analysis toolkit for cigarette alternatives. This pioneering research by KAUST scientists reveals that a tobacco-heating device called “I quit ordinary smoking” (IQOS), emits many more potentially harmful chemicals than…
Continued nicotine use promotes brain tumors in lung cancer patients, study suggests
Wake Forest researchers suggest nicotine replacement therapies may not be suitable smoking cessation strategies for this population
Pod-based e-cigarettes may foster greater nicotine dependence than other devices
Stronger health communication messages are needed around the consequences of using these devices
Pod-based e-cigarettes may foster greater nicotine dependence than other devices
Stronger health communication messages are needed around the consequences of using these devices
Age, sex and smoking influence opioid receptor function in the brain
Opioids regulate the feelings of pleasure and pain in the brain. A study by the national Turku PET Centre in Finland shows that age, sex and smoking influence μ-opioid receptor density in the brain. The results of the study help…
Age, sex and smoking influence opioid receptor function in the brain
Opioids regulate the feelings of pleasure and pain in the brain. A study by the national Turku PET Centre in Finland shows that age, sex and smoking influence μ-opioid receptor density in the brain. The results of the study help…
Electronic cigarettes trigger an inflammatory response that may set the stage for gum disease
Adverse effects of electronic cigarettes on the disease-naive oral microbiome
A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
Study findings call into question claims that e-cigarettes are safe, researchers say
Electronic cigarettes trigger an inflammatory response that may set the stage for gum disease
Adverse effects of electronic cigarettes on the disease-naive oral microbiome
A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
Study findings call into question claims that e-cigarettes are safe, researchers say
Tobacco companies minting it before Wednesday’s UK menthol cigarette ban
Menthol cigarettes will be removed from shelves in the UK this Wednesday (20 May 2020), yet new research has found that tobacco companies failed to use the four-year phasing-in period (from 2016) to prepare for this week’s ban. Instead they…
Minimum legal age for cannabis use should be 19, study suggests
The optimal minimum legal age for non-medical cannabis use is 19 years of age, according to a study published in BMC Public Health . A team of researchers at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, investigated how Canadians who started…
Examining association of prenatal alcohol, tobacco exposure with newborn brain activity
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at the association between prenatal alcohol and tobacco smoking exposure and brain activity in 1,700 newborns measured during sleep. Authors: William P. Fifer, Ph.D., of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, is the…
Cost-benefit analysis of funding a smoking cessation program before surgery
For patients undergoing surgery, smoking is linked with a higher risk of experiencing complications following their procedure, and quitting smoking before surgery may help reduce this risk. A new BJS (formerly British Journal of Surgery ) study examined whether a…
What influences adolescents to continuously use e-cigarettes?
In a study of adolescents who have used e-cigarettes in the past month, certain factors were associated with frequent use. In the Public Health Nursing study of 1,556 adolescents in Korea, 55.1% reported that they had used e-cigarettes for 6…
Cost-benefit analysis of funding a smoking cessation program before surgery
For patients undergoing surgery, smoking is linked with a higher risk of experiencing complications following their procedure, and quitting smoking before surgery may help reduce this risk. A new BJS (formerly British Journal of Surgery ) study examined whether a…
What influences adolescents to continuously use e-cigarettes?
In a study of adolescents who have used e-cigarettes in the past month, certain factors were associated with frequent use. In the Public Health Nursing study of 1,556 adolescents in Korea, 55.1% reported that they had used e-cigarettes for 6…
Study shows need for new focus in anti-vaping efforts for older teens and young adults
Social factors drive use of Juul and other e-cigarette products, text-based survey shows, despite widespread understanding by young people of the risks of vaping
Study shows need for new focus in anti-vaping efforts for older teens and young adults
Social factors drive use of Juul and other e-cigarette products, text-based survey shows, despite widespread understanding by young people of the risks of vaping
UniSA research uncovers treatment combo that sees smokers six times more likely to quit
New research led by University of South Australia has found that smokers who receive the medication varenicline tartrate combined with Quitline counselling following a period of hospitalisation due to a tobacco-related illness are six times more likely to quit smoking…
LSU Health study suggests nicotine exposure alone leads to pulmonary hypertension
New Orleans, LA – A study conducted by a team of researchers at LSU Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the body’s general circulation…
Is it safe to vape while breastfeeding?
Animal study suggests maternal nicotine exposure during breastfeeding can affect offspring
Breastfeeding moms’ exposure to nicotine linked to infant skull defect
Vaping, nicotine patches may be as dangerous as cigarettes, study in mice suggests
Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with drug and alcohol addictions wean themselves from their substance of choice. Most such programs have limited success, however. A new study finds that interventions that take…
ECOG-ACRIN offers stop-smoking study for cancer patients seeking to lower COVID-19 risk
Smoke-Free Support Study 2.0 is testing video counseling to help cancer patients who smoke to quit in Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin
Ohio State receives $5.5 million grant to study health impact of youth vaping
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University will study the health effects of e-cigarettes and nicotine on youth and help develop vaping cessation programs after receiving a $5.5 million grant from the American Heart Association. On Tuesday, the…
Promoting advantages of product category, such as e-cigarettes, can backfire
UC Davis study examines how e-cigarettes’ reputation declined over time
JUUL sales bounced back within weeks of self-imposed flavor ban
Sales surpassed previous highs after short dip as consumption shifted to other available flavors
Childhood exposure to parental smoking linked to poorer cognitive function in midlife
A Finnish study coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that exposure to parental smoking in childhood and adolescence is associated with poorer learning ability and memory in midlife.…
Childhood exposure to parental smoking linked to poorer cognitive function in midlife
A Finnish study coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that exposure to parental smoking in childhood and adolescence is associated with poorer learning ability and memory in midlife.…