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Smoking Increases Risk for Mental Illness

TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Smoking increases the risk for developing mental disorders, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Lloyd Balbuena, from University...

Boys Who Smoke Could Be Harming Their Future Children's Health

TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Smoking may not only harm the smoker and those who breathe in the secondhand fumes, but also their future children. New research suggests that boys who smoke in their early...

Young Smokers Report More Ocular Symptoms

TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Adolescents and young adult users of both electronic cigarettes and cigarettes have a higher likelihood of experiencing severe and frequent ocular symptoms, according to a...

Marijuana Users Have Higher Metal Levels in Blood, Urine

FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 – Marijuana may be a source of cadmium and lead exposure, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Katlyn E. McGraw, from Columbia...

Unguided Electronic Cigarette Use Beneficial for Smoking Cessation

TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 – Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are beneficial for smoking cessation in adult smokers with varied motivation for smoking cessation, according to a study published...

Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again

FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 – Coupons for tobacco products appear to have a big impact on relapse rates for smokers who have recently kicked the habit, researchers report. A study of more than 5,000...

Another Source of Lead Exposure for Kids: Secondhand Smoke

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 – One source of lead exposure in children may surprise you. It’s secondhand smoke, according to a Texas A&M University study. “Further research will likely paint a clearer pi...

Vaping Cannabidiol Fairly Common Among Teens

MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 – Vaping cannabidiol (CBD) is common among U.S. teens, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network Open. Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from University of...

U.S. Adults See Smoking Cannabis as Safer Than Tobacco

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 – U.S. adults increasingly perceive daily smoking of cannabis and secondhand exposure to cannabis smoke as safer than tobacco smoke, according to a study published online...

Does Smoking Change the Teenage Brain?

FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 – Teens’ desire to start smoking, and later to keep smoking, may be linked to differences in gray matter in their brains, a new study reveals. Researchers found that reduced g...

Vaping Can Hamper Breathing in the Young

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 – When teens vape, their lungs pay a price, researchers report. The warning stems from a detailed analysis of smoking habit histories shared by just over 2,000 U.S. teens...

Moving Into a Smoker's Former Home? You May Need to Toss the Carpet

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – If you’re moving into a home where smokers lived, the first thing you should do to protect your lungs is rip out any old carpeting, new research suggests. Scientists found t...

More Americans Than Ever Wrongly Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – As cannabis use has become legal in many U.S. states for medical or recreational use, Americans' views on the drug may have gotten rosier. In fact, a new report finds that...

Stress, Depression Won't Raise Your Odds for Cancer: Study

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 – A large new study challenges the long-held idea that depression makes people more vulnerable to cancer, finding no association between the mental health condition and most...

Study Explores Persons With Tobacco Exposure, Preserved Spirometry

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 – Persons with tobacco exposure and preserved spirometry (TEPS) with symptoms (symptomatic TEPS) do not have accelerated rates of decline in forced expiratory volume in one...

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