The Trump administration did exactly what it said it would do to disorient anyone involved in making policy or touched by it. The president and his crew have “flooded the zone”—the term and the image are theirs, as is the strategy of dropping a flurry of executive orders and memoranda that shake the foundations of the American system of government, raising questions of legality and constitutionality, and, above all, making it a challenge for anyone to see the entire picture and think strategically.
Smokers with myelodysplastic syndromes or a precursor condition had elevated levels of genetic mutations linked to the disease, a new study shows. The study also found that heavier smokers accumulated more mutations, and long-term smokers were more likely to show disease progression.
Quitting smoking within six months after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient’s life, according to a study published inJAMA Oncology, With this information in hand, all cancer centers have an obligation to offer evidence-based smoking cessation to all patients, said Graham Warren, vice-chair for Research in the Department of... […]
In a new online exhibition, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society spotlights tobacco advertisements and promotional artifacts from presidential election campaigns.
In a new online exhibition, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society examines the complicated relationship between life insurance and smoking.
People who both vape and smoke are four times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who just smoke, according to a new study published by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and College of Public Health.
Tobacco companies have capitalized on the Olympics’ widespread cultural impact since the birth of the modern Olympic Games in 1896—until the practice was stopped in 1987.
The Biden administration has—for the second time—delayed the decision on a proposed FDA rule that would ban menthol cigarettes and all flavors in cigars.
In a new online exhibition, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society examines tobacco in the tabloids.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researchers, led by Jonathan Bricker, launched an AI-powered chatbot app called QuitBot to help more people successfully quit smoking cigarettes.
