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COVID-19 Blood Test
June 13, 2020

COPD, Smoking Increase Death Risk in COVID-19 Patients, Study Says

Smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to develop severe complications and die from COVID-19 infections than infected patients who do not smoke or have COPD, a recent meta-analysis shows. This research, however, suggests that the prevalence of COPD patients and smokers among those infected is low. The study, “Prevalence,…

COVID-19 Blood Test
Study Says: Any Level of Smoking Can Lead to Long-term Lung Damage
January 20, 2020

Study Says: Any Level of Smoking Can Lead to Long-term Lung Damage

Former smokers and people who smoke relatively few cigarettes per day may experience a faster decline in lung function than people who have never smoked, although they still have a slower decline in lung function than current smokers, a new study suggests. The study, “Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a…

Study Says: Any Level of Smoking Can Lead to Long-term Lung Damage
Vaping Cases Continue to Climb
November 19, 2019

Vaping Cases Continue to Climb

Another 121 people have fallen ill, and three more people have died from a vaping lung disease that has now sickened 2,172 people and killed 42, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said November 14th. Federal health officials have been trying to control an outbreak of a mysterious lung disease since the summer. They’re…

Vaping Cases Continue to Climb
How Juul’s reputation went from high-tech cool to hazardous and deadly
October 02, 2019

How Juul’s reputation went from high-tech cool to hazardous and deadly

The pendulum swing in the reputation of Juul Labs — from a less-harmful cigarette alternative to a public danger — has engulfed the vaping company in crisis. The company ousted its CEO, suspended advertising and committed to back the Trump administration’s eventual regulations on e-cigarettes. Taken together, the developments underscore how Juul is scrambling to preserve its core…

How Juul’s reputation went from high-tech cool to hazardous and deadly
Study: Pediatrician Intervention to Help Parents Quit Smoking
August 14, 2019

Study: Pediatrician Intervention to Help Parents Quit Smoking

Parents who smoke cigarettes put their children and others around them at risk for bronchitis, pneumonia and a variety of other ailments. But a new study offers another method to help them quit lighting up. Researchers tested a smoking cessation program in five states in the South and the Midwest, finding it had success in…

Study: Pediatrician Intervention to Help Parents Quit Smoking
CVS directs initiative combating youth smoking toward teen e-cigarette use
June 18, 2019

CVS directs initiative combating youth smoking toward teen e-cigarette use

CVS Health and its foundation are directing their focus on cutting teen tobacco smoking toward a key driver of the worsening problem: e-cigarettes. Already, CVS was in the midst of a five-year, $50 million initiative called “Be the First” in an effort to be the nation’s first tobacco-free generation. Monday, the retailer announced it—along with the…

CVS directs initiative combating youth smoking toward teen e-cigarette use
Quitting Smoking Reduces Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
March 11, 2019

Quitting Smoking Reduces Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sustained smoking cessation decreases the risk for seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new study published in Arthritis Care & Research. Seropositive RA is the most common form of RA and is generally accompanied by more severe symptoms and deformities than seronegative RA. Previous research has demonstrated that smoking increases the risk for RA. Whether quitting smoking has…

Quitting Smoking Reduces Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis