Smoking’s effects on the immune system can last years, study finds
Feb 14, 2024 · Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found.
Smoking News -- ScienceDaily
2 days ago · How smoking affects health. Read about the latest research on smoking, second-hand smoke, methods for quitting smoking and more.
Tobacco use is going down globally, but not as much as hoped, the ... - NPR
Jan 17, 2024 · Studies aren't conclusive on whether vaping leads to cigarette smoking, Bialous says. However, cigarettes are still the "workhorse" of the global tobacco industry for the time being, she says.
Tobacco use falling worldwide but Big Tobacco fighting to ... - CBS News
Jan 16, 2024 · But while smoking rates are declining in most countries, the WHO warned that tobacco-related deaths were expected to remain high for years to come.
New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco | UN News
Jul 2, 2024 · Despite the welcome news that more than seven in 10 people on the planet – 5.6 billion - are now protected by measures to curb the dangers of tobacco smoke, 8.7 million people still die from...
American Lung Association's 2024 'State of Tobacco' Report …
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Big Tobacco Heralds a Healthier World While Fighting Its Arrival
Nov 6, 2022 · As the smoking population in the United States has fallen to 13 percent from 21 percent in 2005, far from a peak of about 45 percent of adults in 1954, and public opinion has turned against...
Smoking bans are coming: what does the evidence say? - Nature
Apr 17, 2024 · The health harms of smoking tobacco have been established for decades — it substantially raises the risk of diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Increased awareness of these...
Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw - The New York Times
Aug 2, 2022 · The science of nicotine addiction has come a long way since 1964, when a U.S. Surgeon General report first linked smoking to cancer and heart disease, although it would take another two decades...
NHS offers 'improved' stop-smoking pill varenicline - BBC
3 days ago · The NHS will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as ...