Tag: Tobacco: Cigarette Smoking
Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco, E-Cigarettes Raised in NY State
State police and Department of Health will conduct undercover investigations of retailers to enforce law
Cardiorespiratory Fitness May Improve Lung Cancer Outcomes
In fit men, mortality lower in smokers with lung cancer, lung cancer risk lower in former smokers
CDC: U.S. Life Expectancy Up Slightly, Mortality Lower in 2017
Report shows decrease in age-adjusted death rates, increase in age-adjusted death rate from overdose
Long-Term Lung Function Declines Even for Prior Low-Intensity Smokers
Accelerated FEV1 decline found in former smokers for decades after smoking cessation
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Linked to Choroidal Thinning in Children
Choroidal thinning associated with increased number of family smokers, quantity of secondhand smoke
Childhood Secondhand Smoke Tied to Later Atrial Fibrillation
Each pack/day increase in parental smoking ups offspring risk by 18 percent
CT Scan Screen for Lung Cancer Can ID Smoking-Related Diseases
New diagnoses of CVD, emphysema, osteoporosis identified, often are linked to adverse events
Quitting Smoking Linked to Lower CVD Risk Within Five Years
However, compared with never smokers, former smokers' risk remains elevated beyond five years
CDC: Over One-Third of U.S. Youth Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
SHS-exposed youth increased with decreasing family income
FDA Proposes Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes
New labels would be the most significant change to cigarette labels in more than 35 years
