Community pharmacies can help people quit smoking

Community pharmacists may play a crucial role in helping people without access to tobacco cessation programs quit smoking.

Stephanie Winn-UC Davis • futurity
April 23, 2024 ~6 min

Discrimination drives smoking habits and boosts heart disease risks

Discrimination can influence unhealthy coping behaviors such as smoking, thereby increasing the risk of heart disease, researchers say.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Feb. 27, 2024 ~6 min


Smoking shrinks your brain

Smoking shrinks the size of your brain. Quitting smoking prevents further loss of tissue, but can't restore the brain to its original size.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Dec. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Singapore smoking ban may have prevented 20K heart attacks

Extending a smoking ban in Singapore in 2013 may have prevented up to 20,000 heart attacks among adults 65 and older.

Duke-NUS • futurity
Nov. 3, 2023 ~6 min

Flavored vape restrictions lead to higher cigarette sales

Restrictions on flavored e-cigarettes may push young people to smoke regular cigarettes, a much more dangerous product, researchers say.

Yale • futurity
Oct. 19, 2023 ~8 min

Does secondhand smoke add to child lead exposure?

Children with more secondhand smoke exposure tend to have higher lead exposure, as well, a study finds.

Rae Lynn Mitchell-Texas A&M • futurity
Aug. 18, 2023 ~5 min

Without 3 changes, fatal heart disease could rise again

Unless Americans modify three things—smoking, drinking, and obesity—fatal coronary heart disease may rise after decades of decline.

Andrew Smith-Rutgers • futurity
Aug. 4, 2023 ~5 min

Study clarifies hearing problems in older adults

Some estimates find that at least 50% of adults over 75 develop hearing problems. A new study sheds light on why.

Yale • futurity
May 18, 2023 ~4 min


Vaping can effectively help adults stop smoking

Should e-cigarettes, or vapes be accepted more widely as a an effective way to treat adult nicotine addiction? Researchers say "yes."

Kim North Shine-U. Michigan • futurity
Feb. 22, 2023 ~5 min

Can CBD help smokers quit?

Cannabidiol, or CBD, slows nicotine metabolism, a new study shows. That means it could help smokers curb the urge for that next cigarette.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
Feb. 16, 2023 ~4 min

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