Excessive Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Policy Brief of the American College of Physicians
Ann Intern Med. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.7326/M23-3434. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlcohol is used by more people in the United States than tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or illicit drugs. Several health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease, are associated with excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder. Nearly 30 million people aged 12 years or older in the United States reported past-year alcohol use disorder in 2022, but-despite its prevalence-alcohol use disorder is undertreated. In this policy brief, the American College of Physicians outlines the health effects of...
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ryan Crowley David Hilden Micah Beachy Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians Source Type: research
Excessive Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Policy Brief of the American College of Physicians
Ann Intern Med. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.7326/M23-3434. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlcohol is used by more people in the United States than tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or illicit drugs. Several health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease, are associated with excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder. Nearly 30 million people aged 12 years or older in the United States reported past-year alcohol use disorder in 2022, but-despite its prevalence-alcohol use disorder is undertreated. In this policy brief, the American College of Physicians outlines the health effects of...
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ryan Crowley David Hilden Micah Beachy Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians Source Type: research
Excessive Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Policy Brief of the American College of Physicians
Ann Intern Med. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.7326/M23-3434. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlcohol is used by more people in the United States than tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or illicit drugs. Several health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease, are associated with excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder. Nearly 30 million people aged 12 years or older in the United States reported past-year alcohol use disorder in 2022, but-despite its prevalence-alcohol use disorder is undertreated. In this policy brief, the American College of Physicians outlines the health effects of...
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ryan Crowley David Hilden Micah Beachy Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians Source Type: research
Electronic cigarettes: beneficial for smoking cessation but harmful to public health?
This study is a step toward addressing that uncertainty about how e-cigarettes could be used to promote smoking cessation among... (Source: Emergency Medicine Journal)
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - April 22, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kruse, G., Samet, J., Barnoya, J. Tags: Press releases Commentary Source Type: research
The effect of colchicine on cancer risk in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a time-dependent study based on the Taiwan ’s National Health Insurance Research Database
ConclusionColchicine was associated with the lower aHR of the all cancer and colorectal cancer formation in patients with the IMIDs. (Source: European Journal of Medical Research)
Source: European Journal of Medical Research - April 22, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
Risk of cardiovascular disorders in hidradenitis suppurativa patients: a large-scale, propensity-matched global retrospective cohort study
CONCLUSIONS: This is the most extensive study on the association of HS with CVDs. We demonstrated that HS patients are at significantly greater risk of developing various CVDs compared to matched controls, with heart failure being the most common one.PMID:38644522 | DOI:10.1111/ijd.17186 (Source: Atherosclerosis)
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 21, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Piotr K Krajewski Łukasz Matusiak Sascha St änder Diamant Tha çi Jacek C Szepietowski Henner Zirpel Source Type: research
Investigation of the in vitro toxic effects induced by real-time aerosol of electronic cigarette solvents using microfluidic chips
This study constructed an original real-time aerosol exposure system, centered around a self-designed microfluidic bionic-lung chip, to assess the biological effects following exposure to aerosols from different solvents (PG, PG/VG mixture alone and PG/VG mixture in combination with nicotine) on BEAS-2B cells. The study aimed to investigate the impact of aerosols from different solvents on gene expression profiles, intracellular biomarkers (i.e., reactive oxygen species content, nitric oxide content, and caspase-3/7 activity), and extracellular biomarkers (i.e., IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, and malondialdehyde) of BEAS-2B cells on-...
Source: Food and Chemical Toxicology - April 19, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Zezhi Li Xiang Li Boyang Feng Junwei Zhao Kejian Liu Fuwei Xie Jianping Xie Source Type: research
Competimility in LIFE: Using NHPCO's Project ECHO Model to Teach DEI Topics to Palliative Care Providers
1. Participants will self-analyze their own DEI education and commit to participating in project ECHO sessions.2. Participants will describe the LIFE factors that contribute to under-utilization of hospice and palliative care services in health-disparate communities. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Syeda Sundus Mujahid, Dr. Aparna Gupta, India Harris-Jones, Jasmine K. Sandhu, June E. Jeon, Cynthia X. Pan Source Type: research
Messaging about very low nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) to influence policy attitudes, harm perceptions and smoking motivations: a discrete choice experiment
Conclusion
Harm and chemical information can be prioritised to ensure VLNCs are not misperceived as less harmful than regular cigarettes. Messages about increased quitting efficacy and reduced addictiveness associated with VLNCs may backfire if presented to those who do not smoke. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Reynolds, R. M., Popova, L., Ashley, D. L., Henderson, K. C., Ntansah, C. A., Yang, B., Hackworth, E. E., Hardin, J., Thrasher, J. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Risk and safety profile of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS): an umbrella review to inform ENDS health communication strategies
Conclusions
As evidence is accumulating, ENDS communication can focus on high-level evidence on ENDS association with toxicity, nicotine addiction, respiratory disease, ENDS-specific harm (explosion, poisoning) and anti-ENDS industry sentiment. Direct comparison between the harm of CCs and ENDS should be avoided.
PROSPERO registration number
CRD42021241630. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Asfar, T., Jebai, R., Li, W., Oluwole, O. J., Ferdous, T., Gautam, P., Schmidt, M., Noar, S. M., Lindblom, E. N., Eissenberg, T., Bursac, Z., Vallone, D., Maziak, W. Tags: Editor's choice Systematic review Source Type: research
'Tobacco-free claims in tobacco product marketing in the United States
Tobacco control research, policy and advocacy are replete with ‘tobacco-free’ terminology. For instance, there are tobacco-free initiatives targeting removal of tobacco use, imagery and branding from major entertainment media.1 2 There are also policies promoting tobacco-free college campuses,3 parks,4 pharmacies5 and workplaces6 which help protect the environment from tobacco product litter, reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and denormalise tobacco use. The goals of these and other efforts are to create a tobacco-free generation7 and even a tobacco-free world.8 In recent years, tobacco manufacturers have beg...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Seidenberg, A., Kaufman, A. Tags: Special communication Source Type: research
Online e-cigarette promotion in Indonesia
Conclusions
The tobacco industry has successfully taken advantage of the e-cigarette promotion regulatory void. The Indonesian government needs to ban the promotion of these products, including those on online platforms. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bigwanto, M., Ramadhan, F. A., Wijayanto, X. A. Tags: Brief report Source Type: research
Calculating the potential environmental impact of a menthol cigarette ban in the USA
Among the many harms of tobacco products are those that were the focus of the 2022 WHO World No Tobacco Day: the widespread environmental impacts of tobacco.1 2 These environmental impacts are also recognised in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which obligates Parties to address environmental concerns in Article 17 (Provide support for economically viable alternative activities) and Article 18 (Protect the environment and health of persons).3 Cigarette butts are some of the most littered items on earth,4 totalling 4.5 trillion littered cigarettes per year globally.5 A large-scale observational study of litt...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Craig, L. V., Chung-Hall, J., Meng, G., Fong, G. T. Tags: Open access Letter Source Type: research
New recreational nicotine lozenges, tablets, gummies and gum proliferate on the US market
In recent years, several major tobacco companies have rapidly expanded their offerings in what they frequently term ‘modern oral’ products or oral tobacco products marketed for recreational use beyond traditional forms like chewing tobacco or snus.1 2 While the rising popularity of nicotine pouches (tobacco-free oral nicotine products similar to snus) has already been noted in the literature,3 4 the availability and trends in consumption of other newer oral products are yet to be documented.5 These emerging product types, including recreational nicotine lozenges, tablets, gummies and gum, are now available from...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Borowiecki, M., Emery, S. L., Kostygina, G. Tags: Open access Industry watch Source Type: research
Characterising smoking and nicotine use behaviours among women of reproductive age: a 10-year population study in England
This study explored trends by socioeconomic position in patterns of smoking, use of non-combust... (Source: BMC Medicine)
Source: BMC Medicine - April 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Sarah E. Jackson, Jamie Brown, Caitlin Notley, Lion Shahab and Sharon Cox Tags: Research article Source Type: research
