American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...re age 15 increased significantly as the number of smokers in the house grew. To uncover the results, invest...y over 20 percent being current smokers. (Current smokers demonstrated a lower lung function at age 18 and a faster rate of lung deterioration than did non-sm...Research shows that male smokers who want a long life should get married
...dying from smoking as the researchers found male smokers in their sample were 5.8% more likely to die early and female smokers from the sample were 5.1% more likely to die. Why might marriage be so protective? The researchers...UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center researchers study ways to prevent tobacco-related bladder cancer
...co-principal investigator for the study. Cigarette smokers are two to three times more likely than nonsmokers...udes: A clinical trial for 270 current and former smokers who have already had bladder cancer. The study, led by Dr. Allan Pantuck, an assistant professor of ...For the first time, drug shows promise to help spit tobacco users quit
...y shows bupropion, an antidepressant known to help smokers quit, could help spit tobacco users kick the habit... on the study. "None of the other agents that help smokers quit -- patches and gum -- have been shown to be as effective for spit tobacco users. Until now, spi...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for September--first issue
...ung Health Study 3." The original study contained smokers with mild to moderate lung impairment. Its aim was to see whether a program incorporating smoking intervention and the prescription of an inhaled bronchodilator could prevent or delay the onset of clinically apparent COPD. In the original study, pa...Concern about future health problems goes up in smoke
...inued smoking may not be enough incentive for some smokers to kick the habit, according to a new study in the...onsmokers do, she says, explaining that "cigarette smokers are less sensitive to the future health consequences of their behavior. In particular, they are less...Brain chemicals can thwart desire to smoke cigarettes
Giving smokers medication to mimic an increase in their brain's l...ding to a new study. Researchers examined 20 heavy smokers who were given two drugs that either increased or decreased the brain's level of dopamine, a neurotr...Medical students don't receive enough training in helping patients quit smoking
...armful and addictive." Spangler said most current smokers would quit if their doctor told them directly to do so. "Several studies have documented physicians' failure to counsel their patients to stop smoking." He added, "Physicians often perceive they are ill prepared in treating patients addicted to nicot...Peer pressure matters in young adults smoking decisions
...Tobacco Research, followed 278 male and 433 female smokers for five years starting in their senior year of hi...s did not show the same predisposition to still be smokers years later, even though they were more likely than boys to receive offers of cigarettes. The resear...Cigarette tax hike could save millions of lives
...n reports. And because price increases hit younger smokers hardest, he adds, the greatest savings in lives would be among smokers currently between 15 and 29 years old. Ranson and his colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of thre...Study finds dramatic decline in physical activity among African-American and white girls
...moked. Thus, there may not have been enough black smokers to detect an effect on physical activity. Given the current epidemic of obesity, the researchers conclude that the "precipitous" drop in activity levels during adolescence "should sound an alarm" for action. They suggest that the risk factors ident...Smokers infections increase risk of early atherosclerosis
...sociation. Chronic infection may explain why some smokers prematurely develop the artery-clogging process th...causes most heart attacks and strokes, while other smokers remain free of arterial plaque buildup until they are older. Current and ex-smokers who had common ...Depression and exposure to other smokers linked to alternative tobacco product use among teens
...ous research has shown that both exposure to other smokers and depression increase the likelihood of cigarett...t of freshman who reported being current cigarette smokers (smoked in the last month), 45 percent were also current users of an alternate tobacco product. Th...OTC sales of smoking cessation aids up, effectiveness down
...nd nicotine gum are no longer effective in helping smokers quit for the long term. They cite over-the-counter... of the most recent NRT users are considered light smokers those who smoke fewer than 15 cigarettes a day a group for whom these products are known to be ine...Hospital costs much higher for motorcycle crash victims who dont wear helmets
...t helmets should pay higher insurance premiums, as smokers and other high-risk groups do." The U-M researchers' approach differs from that of previous studies that tallied health care costs for every victim of motorcycle crashes in a given state -- including those who died at the scene or before they reached...Other highlights in the September 18 issue of JNCI
...plasia grade 3 (CIN3). However, former and current smokers appeared to have an increased risk of cervical cancer and CIN3 compared with women who never smoked. The authors say that future studies should examine whether biomarkers associated with smoking, such as DNA damage, are present in cervical tissue an...Lombardi Cancer Center to enroll current and former smokers in nationwide clinical trial
...getown University is recruiting current and former smokers for a nationwide study that will compare two lung ... CT scans as a way of finding early lung cancer in smokers and former smokers--despite the lack of scientific evidence that this actually saves lives. "Lung c...UCLA seeks thousands of current and former smokers for landmark lung cancer screening trial
...y seeks to enroll 50,000 healthy current or former smokers at risk of lung cancer. The trial is being conduct...s hope to enroll 2,000 to 4,000 current and former smokers within the next 18 months. "This is the first national trial of this scale designed to determine whi...... Trial (NLST) will enroll 50,000 current or former smokers and will take place at a total of 30 sites through...e there an estimated 90 million current and former smokers in the United States at high risk for lung cancer, and death rates for this disease, unlike many oth......), this study will enroll 50,000 current or former smokers across the U.S. over a period of eight years. ACRIN will directly fund Emory's trial, which will enroll 1,500 participants. Those participants will be randomly selected to receive either CT scans or X-rays to screen for lung cancer. Screening will ...