Tag: Tobacco: Cigarette Smoking
Smoking, High Early-Life BMI Projected to Add to MS Burden
Authors estimate the contribution of smoking, high child BMI as risk factors for MS in 2015, 2025, 2035
Smokers Less Likely to Receive Breast, Cervical, CRC Screening
Former smokers were more likely to receive regular screening services than never smokers
E-Cigarette Use Linked to Increased Odds of COVID-19
Dual use of e-cigarettes, cigarettes linked to increased odds of COVID-diagnosis, testing, and symptoms
Fetal, Early-Life Exposures May Impact Young Adult Bone Health
Specifically, maternal smoking and breastfeeding tied to fracture risk in young adulthood
Half of Individuals With MI at Age 50 or Younger Are Smokers
Smoking cessation linked to reduced risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in this population
USPSTF Advises Annual Low-Dose CT Lung Screening for High-Risk Individuals
Annual CT screening recommended for those aged 50 to 80 years at high risk due to smoking history
Stroke Risk Increased in African Americans Who Smoke Cigarettes
Dose-dependent increase in risk seen with smoking intensity; risk similar for past, never smokers
Meta-Analysis Links Smoking to COVID-19 Disease Progression
Risk for COVID-19 progression nearly double for smokers versus nonsmokers
Vascular Stiffness Similar in E-, Combustible Cigarette Users
Similar elevation of augmentation index seen for e-cigarette users, combustible cigarette users, dual users
14.9 Percent of U.S. Adults Had Ever Used an E-Cigarette in 2018
Prevalence of ever e-cigarette use and current use highest for men, non-Hispanic whites, those ages 18 to 24
