30-Year Study Tracks Growing Support for Public Smoking Restrictions
Researchers at UC San Diego developed a new scale to measure how social norms around cigarette...
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30-Year Study Tracks Growing Support for Public Smoking Restrictions
Researchers at UC San Diego developed a new scale to measure how social norms around cigarette...
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Global Secondhand Smoke Costs Children 8.45M Days of Healthy Life Annually
Children from low socioeconomic regions suffer disproportionately, with disease burden rates up to 30 times higher than in high-income regions due to weaker tobacco control and higher household exposure.
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Father’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure May Impair Offspring Lung Function
Fathers exposed to tobacco smoke during prepuberty may reduce risk for future generations by avoiding smoking around their children.
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Air Pollution, Herbal Medicine May Increase Never-Smoker Lung Cancer Risk
Air pollution, traditional herbal medicines, and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people with no or hardly any history of smoking.
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Thirdhand Smoke a Hidden Asthma Trigger in Kids
Exposure to thirdhand smoke is underestimated, according to a study of over 150 children that found 100% tested positive for low levels of cotinine—a biomarker of tobacco exposure.
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New Surgeon General Report Links 1 in 5 US Deaths to Tobacco
The report estimates over 490,000 annual US deaths are linked to tobacco use and secondhand smoke and emphasizes the need to address persistent disparities in tobacco-related health outcomes.
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New WHO Summary Highlights Impact of Tobacco on Asthma Health
WHO releases a new knowledge summary highlighting the effects of tobacco use on asthma development and management.
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Smoking Age and Lung Cancer Risk
A new study looks at how smoking status and age impact lung cancer risk.
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Wearable Sensor Measures Airborne Nicotine Exposure from E-cigarettes
Researchers have developed a battery-free, wearable device that could monitor nicotine exposure from e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes in real-time, according to a report in ACS Sensors.
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‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report Focuses on Flavored Tobacco, Vaping
Products like e-cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, create concern for losing another generation to nicotine addiction, the American Lung Association’s annual “State of Tobacco Control” report says.
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Secondhand Smoke Impairs Heart Tissue Cells and Vascular Smooth Muscle Constriction
Chronic exposure to an “environmentally relevant concentration” of secondhand smoke (SHS) impairs muscle cells within heart tissue and their constriction, according to a new study published in Function.
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Prenatal, Early Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Tied to Decreased Lung Function
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in utero and during early childhood—especially secondhand smoke—is associated with decreased childhood lung function.
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Secondhand Smoke Increases Inflammation Risk in Infants with RSV
Detectable nicotine from cigarette smoke was observed in 64.2% of hair samples from infants with RSV.
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Secondhand Smoke in the Home Increases Childhood Illnesses, Healthcare Demand
New research reveals that children who live with smokers may end up in the doctor’s office or hospital more frequently than kids not exposed to tobacco smoke.
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Secondhand Smoke Linked to Pregnancy Loss
A new study finds women who have never smoked, but were exposed to secondhand smoke, were at greater risk for fetal loss.
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Secondhand Smoke: Evidence Proves Ill Effects
Secondhand smoke kills, and even brief exposure to it can cause harm, according to a 2006 Surgeon General’s report on secondhand smoke.
Read MoreResearcher Funded to Study Secondhand Smoke
Amir Shams, PhD, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, received a $325,000, 3-year grant from the Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) to investigate whether secondhand cigarette smoke makes individuals more susceptible to infection by the TB bacterium.
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Backlash Against Study Downplaying Harms of Secondhand Smoke
A BMJ study that suggests secondhand smoke may not be as harmful as once believed has provoked strong criticism from medical professionals, who claim the study is flawed or even intended to confuse the lay public.
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Pregnancy and Environmental Tobacco Smoke
More than half of women smokers do not quit during pregnancy. Nevertheless, this condition provides an ideal “teachable moment” with patients who might not know the full implications of environmental smoke damage.
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Smoke at Your Own Risk, and Theirs
The smoking habits of adults are taking a deadly toll on children.
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