Quitting smoking associated with lower dementia risk
Quitting smoking may be associated with a lowered risk of dementia, especially for people who avoid major weight gain after…
Quitting smoking may be associated with a lowered risk of dementia, especially for people who avoid major weight gain after…
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, even as rates of cigarette smoking have…
The correlation between smoking and neurodegeneration is well-documented, with one study from 2011 finding heavy smoking in midlife was associated with a…
While cigarette exposures are decreasing for young children, electronic nicotine products are putting toddlers at new risk of inhalation, according…
Abstinent smokers experience increased pain sensitivity during withdrawal, to the point that they often require more pain relief after surgery. Why? New from JNeurosci, Zhijie Lu, from Fudan University Minhang Hospital, and Kai Wei, from…
Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2025 – New clinical results from multiple studies show coronary heart disease death associated with…
A team of public health researchers found “very low-certainty evidence” to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is…
Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete,…
Cigarette smokers, cigar smokers, and non-smokers each have distinct personality profiles, according to a study published July 3, 2024 in…
Oregon Health & Science University researchers in a new study report that combined cannabis and nicotine use during pregnancy is…
Smoking shrinks the brain, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The…
The first large-scale U.S. clinical trial of cytisinicline, led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigator, found the smoking cessation…
While vaping provides a pathway to help smokers wanting to quit, for non-smokers it may be the first step on…
Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, and the likelihood of cognitive…
Everyone ages at a different pace. That’s why two 50-year-olds, despite living the same number of years, may have different biological…
Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who develop cancer are more likely to die in the following seven years if…
Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that dual bronchodilators – long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways…
Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already…
A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports nearly 123,000 cancer deaths, or close to…
Smoking and high blood pressure are independent cardiovascular risk factors that frequently coexist within patients. While the exact effect of…