Tag: Tobacco: Cigarette Smoking
Smoking Prevalence High Among Adults With Active, Inactive Epilepsy
Health care personnel should ensure patients with epilepsy are provided with smoking cessation information and resources
Young Adult Never Smokers Show Growth in E-Cigarette Use
Results show nicotine initiation with e-cigarettes among young, switch to e-cigarettes in smokers
Reducing Drinking May Improve Pain Interference Symptoms
Improvement seen in tobacco smoking, cannabis use, cocaine use, although confidence intervals wide
Smoking Tied to Worse Bladder Cancer Outcomes After Surgery
Poor outcomes include lower response rate to chemotherapy, higher mortality, recurrence
Many Doctors Misinformed About Nicotine’s Risks
Less than one-third of doctors correctly agree that nicotine directly contributed to birth defects
Study Examines Diet and Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women
Adherence to Mediterranean diet might lower rheumatoid arthritis risk in female ever-smokers
Respiratory, Lung Cancer Death Up Even With Low-Intensity Smoking
Risks for respiratory and lung cancer mortality increased for those smoking <10 cigarettes per day
Model Better Predicts Lung Cancer Risk for African Americans
Sensitivity for lung cancer screening greater with PLCOm2012 model than USPSTF criteria
Lung-Specific Risk Factors Linked to Hip Fracture in Smokers
Authors say incorporating lung-specific risk factors would improve hip fracture risk prediction models
AI Model Using Chest X-Ray May Predict 12-Year Lung Cancer Risk
CXR-LC model had better discrimination than CMS eligibility, similar performance to PLCO Model 2012
