Tobacco-Related Disorders
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
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Wiki Number: 55-Tobacco-Related Disorders
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Youtube Video: Quit Smoking
Youtube Video:
When Vaping Goes Wrong
Amazon or Library Book:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Smoking Cessation
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: info@lung.org; 800-586-4872
(American Lung Association)
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Koori Quit Pack: A feasibility study of a multi-component mailout smoking cessation support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: "I would recommend it to anybody. It's just so much easier"by Michelle Kennedy on May 3, 2024
CONCLUSION: The Koori Quit Pack mailout smoking cessation program was feasible to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The intervention resulted in a high smoking cessation rate and should be upscaled, implemented and evaluated nationally.
- Community Engagement, Jurisdictional Experience, and Previous Tobacco-Related Ordinances in Neighboring Communities as Drivers of Flavored Tobacco Bans in Los Angeles Countyby Dana Guglielmo on May 2, 2024
We examined whether a community engagement approach and jurisdictional attributes were associated with local action to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products in Los Angeles County during 2019-2022. We estimated crude and adjusted risk ratios to examine these associations. Jurisdictions that used an active community engagement approach to adopt a flavored tobacco ban ordinance, those with previous experience adopting other tobacco-related ordinances, and those located next to communities...
- Stop tobacco industry sponsorship of continuing medical educationby Ruth E Malone on April 26, 2024
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- Effect of Ultra-Marathon Trail Running at Sea Level and Altitude on Alveolar-Capillary Function and Lung Diffusionby Glenn M Stewart on April 10, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Competing in an ultra-marathon leads to a transient increase in cardiac injury biomarkers, mild lung-fluid accumulation, and impairments in lung diffusion. Reductions in DLco are predominantly caused by a reduced Vc and possible pulmonary capillary de-recruitment at rest. However, impairments in alveolar-capillary recruitment and Dm both contribute to a fall in exertional DLco following an ultra-marathon. Perturbations in lung diffusion were evident across a range of event distances...