Long-term use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, can significantly impair the function of the bodyu2019s blood vessels, increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the use of both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes may cause an even greater risk than the use of either of these products alone. These findings come from two new studies supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).u00a0u00a0
The findings, which appear in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, add to growing evidence that long-term use of e-cigarettes can harm a personu2019s health.
According to an ESC press release, smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people kicked the habit.
According to the press release, a new large study, published in the journal Cancer, led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows older age and smoking are the two most important risk factors associated with a relative and absolute five-year risk of developing any cancer. The findings also demonstrate that in addition to age and smoking history, clinicians should consider excess body fatness, family history of any cancer, and several other factors that may help patients determine if they may benefit from enhanced cancer screening or prevention interventions.
Obesity and excess body fat may have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking since 2014, according to research published in the open-access journal BMC Public Health.
The past few decades have seen a steep drop in the number of adolescents in the United States who smoke cigarettes. But according to a new study, the average age at which people first try cigarettes or start to smoke regularly has risen.
It is well known that smoking can raise the risk for developing cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other conditions. Now a recent study is suggesting that all of those hours of inactivity and being sedentary is just as much of a risk factor for heart disease as smoking is.u00a0
Smokers are often portrayed as older looking and haggard with facial features that are associated with worn leather; such depictions most often carry over into reality. Regardless of how smokers are portrayed what can not be denied is the association between smoking, cancer, and cardiovascular disease being very strong.
Being active and doing less sitting is linked to living longer and healthier. Replacing 30 minutes a day of being sedentary with physical activity even at light intensity is associated with a 17% lower risk of early death, as published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Smoking during pregnancy is recognized to increase risks such as low birth weight and being born premature, recent studies from the University of Kentucky suggest maternal smoking is linked to offspring obesity via epigenetic control of adipokine, as published in the Experimental Physiology.
