Unstructured data obtained via natural language processing is superior to structured data for extracting quantitative information about patient smoking habits.
Greatest benefit seen for former smokers who quit >10 years before diagnosis.
Associations strongest for all-cause mortality in Black women with greater pack-years of smoking.
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.
