¿Es una prohibición de los mentolados suficiente para frustrar a las grandes tabacaleras?
JUEVES, 8 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una prohibición federal propuesta en EE. UU. contra los cigarrillos mentolados no llega lo bastante lejos, y debe incluir otros productos mentolados, desde el tabaco para las pipas hasta los tubos de …
Learn MoreIs a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A proposed U.S. federal ban on menthol cigarettes doesn’t go far enough and needs to include other menthol products, from pipe tobacco to cigarette tubes, researchers say. New evidence shows both the appeal a…
Learn MoreLas TC de detección pueden mejorar de forma dramática los resultados en el cáncer de pulmón
MARTES, 22 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una prueba de detección anual del cáncer de pulmón para los fumadores empedernidos puede proveer una gran mejora en la supervivencia al cáncer de pulmón a largo plazo, muestra un estudio reciente. Cu…
Learn MoreCT Screenings Can Dramatically Improve Lung Cancer Outcomes
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Annual lung cancer screening for heavy smokers can provide a big boost in lung cancer survival over the long term, a new study shows.When low-dose CT screening identifies early-stage lung cancer, patients ha…
Learn MoreLow-Nicotine Cigarettes Won’t Leave Smokers Agitated, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed limiting the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to minimally addictive levels, but there’s been concern that the drop in nicotine could exacerbate anxieties in s…
Learn MoreTop Medical Groups, Hospitals Urge Better Access to Lung Cancer Screening
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Screening tests routinely catch cases of breast and colon cancer early, but a screening test for lung cancer is sorely underused in high-risk people and that needs to change, more than 50 cancer organization…
Learn MoreCould Psychedelics Help You Kick the Habit?
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is an incredibly hard habit to break. Anne Levine of Baltimore can attest to that.But Levine, 58, is getting help from a potential new tool: psychedelics. The four-decade smoker has tried to quit a …
Learn MorePregnancy May Have Women Cutting Back on Smoking Before They Know They’ve Conceived
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy can be a big motivator for women to stop smoking. Now a new study suggests that at least some pregnant smokers start cutting back even before they know they’ve conceived.The findings, researchers say…
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