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Mashup Score: 0In Underserved Communities, Tobacco Use Is Still Too Common - 5 hour(s) ago
While tobacco use is on the decline in the United States, this isn’t the case in some communities. Learn why – and what can be done about it.
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Mashup Score: 15Study finds smokers are on average more extraverted, but less conscientious and agreeable - 4 month(s) ago
Cigarette smokers, cigar smokers, and non-smokers each have distinct personality profiles, according to a study published July 3, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dritjon Gruda from Universidade …
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Mashup Score: 0Frequent Smokers Ambivalent About Quitting May Be More Receptive to Tailored Interventions - 1 year(s) ago
This small study showed that individuals who used an app designed specifically for smokers ambivalent about quitting used the app more often and exhibited greater changes in behavior compared with those using a similar nontailored app.
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Mashup Score: 0Healthy lifestyle and risk of death among former smokers - 2 year(s) ago
A new study finds that former smokers who stick to a healthy lifestyle have a lower risk of dying from all causes than those who don’t have healthy habits.
Source: National Cancer InstituteCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Vaping shows comparable DNA damage in oral cells to smoking - 2 year(s) ago
Exclusive smokers and exclusive vapers had comparable increases in DNA damage of their oral epithelial cells, according to study results published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.Further, heavy smokers or vapers, “pod” users and sweet-flavored e-liquid users had the highest levels of DNA damage compared with nonusers, according to researchers.
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Mashup Score: 0Vaping shows comparable DNA damage in oral cells to smoking - 2 year(s) ago
Exclusive smokers and exclusive vapers had comparable increases in DNA damage of their oral epithelial cells, according to study results published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.Further, heavy smokers or vapers, “pod” users and sweet-flavored e-liquid users had the highest levels of DNA damage compared with nonusers, according to researchers.
Source: www.healio.comCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Smoking is the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In IMPACT, single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) triple therapy significantly reduced moderate/severe exacerbation rates and improved lung function and health status versus FF/VI or UMEC/VI in COPD patients. This post hoc analysis investigated trial outcomes by smoking status.
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Mashup Score: 0
From 2005 to 2019, nearly 98% of smokers—including those with and without serious mental illness (SMI)—were not prescribed treatments for t…
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Mashup Score: 2
Lowering the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may reduce smoking without worsening mental health in smokers with mood or anxiety disorders, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers. They said reducing nicotine content in cigarettes could also lessen addiction, lower exposure to toxicants and increase a smoker’s chances of quitting.
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Mashup Score: 0Healthy lifestyle and risk of death among former smokers - 2 year(s) ago
A new study finds that former smokers who stick to a healthy lifestyle have a lower risk of dying from all causes than those who don’t have healthy habits.
Source: National Cancer InstituteCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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