As soon as the 2019 novel coronavirus was characterized as capable of causing atypical pneumonia, and subsequently named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), medical and public health professionals ...
Nov 22, 2021
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Exposure to secondhand smoke, such as a person can get by riding in an enclosed car while someone else smokes, has a direct, measurable impact on the brain—and the effect is similar to what happens in the brain of the ...
May 2, 2011
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative vaccine to treat nicotine addiction.
Jun 27, 2012
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Smoking just one cigarette a day has a much higher risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke than expected - about half the risk of smoking 20 per day - concludes a review of the evidence published by The BMJ today.
Jan 24, 2018
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Bans on menthol cigarettes across Canada from 2016 to 2017 led to a significant increase in the number of smokers who attempted to quit, smokers who quit successfully, and lower rates of relapse among former smokers, according ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people ...
Aug 25, 2022
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For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a new study conducted by ...
May 20, 2012
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Lung cancer in non-smokers is a diverse and distinct disease from that in smokers, and is likely to respond differently to targeted treatments, a major new study shows.
Jul 9, 2020
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Companies vying for a stake in the fast-growing electronic cigarette business are reviving the decades-old marketing tactics the tobacco industry used to hook generations of Americans on regular smokes.
Aug 3, 2013
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What should physicians say to their patients who ask them about the safety of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and whether the devices can help them quit smoking? Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician Nancy Rigotti, ...
Feb 12, 2018
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