Researchers sought to determine the effectiveness of using electronic health record prompts to assess patients for smoking, desire to quit, and access to smoking cessation programs.
Studies have indicated that smoking marijuana may not increase a person’s risk of lung cancer, but robust evidence is lacking.
A prospective analysis sought to determine patients’ smoking status after treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, compared with prior to diagnosis.
A population-based study demonstrated the effects of smoking reduction and cessation in a large cohort of smokers over 3 consecutive biennial examinations.
An analysis of nationally representative data found that most former smokers who used electronic cigarettes relapsed to cigarette smoking.
Researchers found links between smoking cessation and survival outcomes among patients who were smokers at the time of non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis.
Behavioral and pharmacotherapy interventions, alone or in combination, recommended; evidence insufficient for e-cigarettes.
From 2016 to 2018, there was also an increase in daily use, sole e-cigarette use.
An analysis of lung cancer incidence shows that both smoking incidence and lung cancer rates are decreasing among young adults of both races and sexes, but more so in the Black population and women compared with their White counterparts.
Researchers surveyed consecutive new patients at a multidisciplinary clinic to determine smokers’ willingness to participate in a cessation program.
