Tag: Tobacco: Cigarette Smoking
Bill Would Raise U.S. Legal Age to Buy Tobacco to 21
Fourteen states have already enacted laws raising the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21
Cancer Screening Less Likely Among Current Smokers
Findings based on guideline-based screening for breast, prostate, colorectal cancer
E-Cigarette Use Similar for Pregnant, Nonpregnant Women
Prevalence of current cigarette smoking lower among pregnant women than nonpregnant women
Continued Smoking Among Cancer Patients Ups Costs by $3.4B
Estimates based on additional treatment following higher failure risk for first-line cancer treatment
Smoking Seems Not to Be Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
No increased risk for dementia observed when adjusting for risk of death without dementia
Parent Perception of E-Cig Safety Varies With Smoking Habits
Most who smoke cigarettes and e-cigs have smoke-free home policies; fewer have vape-free policies
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Up With Maternal Smoking
Assuming causality, 22 percent of SUIDs directly attributed to maternal smoking during pregnancy
Sustained Smoking Cessation May Delay, Prevent Seropositive RA
While risk increases with pack-years smoked, it decreases with longer duration of smoking cessation
Smoking Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease in African-Americans
Current smokers had increased risk for measures of subclinical peripheral artery disease
Smoking Associated With Worse Bladder Cancer Outcomes
Smokers had poorer response to cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, higher recurrence risk
