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Latest Publications and Research on Smoking And Tobacco

J Med Imaging Radiat Sci   2020 Jan 29   

Exploring Tobacco Use and Smoking Cessation Best Practices From the Perspectives of Individuals With Lung Cancer and Health Care Professionals.

Weiss Y, Bristow B, Karol DL, Fitch M, McAndrew A, Gibson L, Court A, Curle E, Di Prospero L

Lung cancer patients who continue to smoke after diagnosis are at increased risk of treatment toxicity, residual/recurrent disease, future malignancie ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Chest   2020 Jan 29   

The Evolving Landscape of Electronic Cigarettes: A systematic review of recent evidence.

Bozier J, Chivers EK, Chapman DG, Larcombe AN, Bastian N, Masso-Silva JA, Byun MK, McDonald CF, Alexander Crotty LE, Ween MP

Smoking continues to be a burden to economies and healthcare systems across the world. One proposed solution to the problem has been e-cigarettes; how ... Read More

Source: PubMed
J. Nucl. Med.   2020 Jan 31   

Tobacco smoking in people is not associated with altered 18 kDa-translocator protein levels: A Positron Emission Tomography study.

Hillmer AT, Matuskey D, Huang H, Nabulsi NB, Ropchan J, Carson RE, O'Malley SS, Cosgrove KP

Rationale: The effects of tobacco smoking on the brain's immune system are not well elucidated. While nicotine is immunosuppressive, other constituent ... Read More

Source: PubMed
J. Perianesth. Nurs.   2020 Jan 28   

Feasibility of Nurse-Managed Tobacco Use Interventions in Outpatient Surgical Practice.

Jose T, McNamara M, Barrone ML, Johnson WS, Larsen HA, Martin EE, Marienau MS, Judd MA, Warner DO

The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of developing and implementing a brief nurse-delivered tobacco intervention in an outpatient su ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Soc Sci Med      

Enhancing implementation of smoke-free places: A comparative qualitative study across seven European cities.

Mlinaric M, Hoffmann L, Lindfors P, Richter M

Advocacy, resources and intersubjective reasonable arguments are known as factors that contribute to smoke-free (SF) adoption and implementation in Ch ... Read More

Source: PubMed

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