Category: Smoking Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After a year and a half of remote learning and social distancing, kids are back to socializing after school and between classes.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Vaping aerosols contain thousands of unknown chemicals and substances not disclosed by manufacturers, including industrial chemicals and caffeine, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Telehealth smoking cessation treatment programs can reduce tobacco-related disparities among incarcerated smokers, according to a Rutgers study.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a progressive group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that make it hard to breathe.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every summer, wildfires rage across the western U.S., and wildland firefighters are tasked with putting them out. But in the process, they inhale smoke and all the compounds in it, which can be harmful at high amounts.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Banning menthol flavors in cigarettes could reduce smoking by 15% by having smokers giving up tobacco products altogether or switching to e-cigarettes and other nicotine vaping products

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – World Lung Cancer Day will be observed on Sunday, Aug. 1, which makes this a good time to learn more about the connection between lung cancer and smoking, and why it’s always a good time to quit.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – TAMPA, Fla. — cigarettes spark many concerns, especially when it comes to youth vaping.  However, emerging evidence suggests that e-cigarettes can be a helpful tool in smoking cessation.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study will examine how policies that restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products including menthol cigarettes impact health disparities among vulnerable populations.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars could be particularly beneficial for Black and young people

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – On April 29, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proclaimed its ban on menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars as a commitment to reduce addiction and youth experimentation, improve quitting among current smokers and address health disparities.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NY, NY – In a historic move, the Biden Administration announced today its decision to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in America and causes about 30% of all cancer deaths.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Chewing tobacco and other smokeless tobacco products are often promoted as safer than cigarettes because they aren’t linked to lung cancer.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When she learned that a liver transplant could save her mom’s life, April Wilson didn’t hesitate to stop smoking and say yes to being a living donor.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Throat pain is a commonly experienced annoyance, and the origins of the pain are wide-ranging. From smoking to a viral infection, throat pain can be low-risk or severe, depending on its cause.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic by nearly a third of surveyed Pennsylvania smokers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, due mainly to a two-fold risk of cardiovascular disease and a 20-fold risk of lung cancer.

(HealthNewsigest.com) -Over the past 50 years or so, cigarette smoking has transformed from a widespread practice into an isolated activity:

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Rockville, Md. (March 23, 2021)—New research finds that quitting smoking is an effective way to resolve impaired lung function and airway inflammation associated with waterpipe smoking.