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Efficacy of smoking cessation with varenicline plus counselling for e-cigarettes users (VAREVAPE): A protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract Tobacco smoking is a global pandemic that poses substantial health burdens and costs. With nearly six million deaths annually, smoking is the single most important cause of avoidable premature mortality in the world, mainly from lung cancer, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and stroke. Smoking is a very difficult addiction to break, even for those with a strong desire to quit. Electronic cigarettes are an attractive long-term alternative source of nicotine to conventional cigarettes because of their many similarities with smoking. Electronic cigarette users report buying them ...
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - August 8, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Caponnetto P, Maglia M, Polosa R Tags: Contemp Clin Trials Commun Source Type: research

Midlife fitness predicts less burden of chronic disease in later life.
CONCLUSIONS: Healthy, fit, middle-aged adults developed fewer chronic conditions in later life than unfit persons and had a lesser burden of chronic disease before death. PMID: 24169299 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - November 1, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rantanen T Tags: Clin J Sport Med Source Type: research