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.
US cigarette smoking rate falls to historic low, but e-cigarette use ...
Apr 27, 2023 · The percentage of adults who smoked cigarettes in the United States fell to a historic low last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. However, e-cigarettes are becoming...
Tobacco use is going down globally, but not as much as hoped, the ... - NPR
Jan 17, 2024 · Tobacco use rates around the world are falling, but not as much as hoped, according to a new report on global tobacco use by the World Health Organization. In 2022, there were about 1.25...
Smoking - BBC News
Oct 30, 2024 · NHS trust plans smoke-free grounds by 2026. A "whole multitude of things" are needed to make the ban happen, the trust's chief executive says. Stoke & Staffordshire. 7 days ago.
Tobacco use falling worldwide but Big Tobacco fighting to ... - CBS News
Jan 16, 2024 · The number of adult tobacco users has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, but it warned Big Tobacco is working hard to reverse that trend.
US tobacco control in 2022 gets a mixed review from the …
Jan 25, 2023 · CNN — Although fewer US adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, smoking remains the cause of the most preventable disability and death, and the nation’s smoking regulations are getting mixed...
American Lung Association's 2024 'State of Tobacco' Report …
Jan 24, 2024 · The American Lung Association’s 2024 “State of Tobacco Control” report, released today, reveals the continued devastation of tobacco use, including menthol cigarettes, on individuals and families across the country, and underscores the urgent need for the White House to finalize the rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars...
Big Tobacco Heralds a Healthier World While Fighting Its Arrival
Nov 6, 2022 · U.S. health officials have launched the most aggressive attack by far on cigarettes: Twin government proposals would ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and would limit nicotine levels to make ...
Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw - The New York Times
Aug 2, 2022 · Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw. Millions of smokers could be forced to confront the agony of nicotine withdrawal as the F.D.A. weighs calling for a drastic reduction in the addictive lure of...
Smoking bans are coming: what does the evidence say? - Nature
Apr 17, 2024 · Countries are cracking down on tobacco use and vaping — the laws could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, say scientists. By. Carissa Wong. Smoking rates have declined globally ...