Quit Like Sweden: “We need solutions to a century-old problem”

Present at the event, Jeffrey Zamora, President of ASOVAPE Costa Rica and Project Leader of the Veritas project, a research conducted by CoEHAR which will try to identify if there are any harmful effects of long-term regular vaping on respiratory health or other endpoints for people who never smoked.

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WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2024 – Daily life stories and strategies to quit: University of Catania’s CoEHAR leaves space for young people

Resident doctors, PhD students, young researchers, and masters students coordinated the CoEHAR annual meeting dedicated to the World No Tobacco Day 2024, sharing experiences from their own social contexts, including…

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DIASMOKE: quitting smoking reduce cardiovascular and microvascular complications, easing diabetes management 

Stroke, heart attacks, neuropathies, retinopathies, diabetic nephropathies: choosing to smoke exacerbates the clinical picture of patients with diabetes. But can quitting change a critical health situation? According to the latest…

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CoEHAR, No Tobacco Day 2024: youth in the spotlight

The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 30, at 8:30 AM in the Aula Magna of the Biological Tower at the University of Catania. The topics discussed will range from oral to sexual health, from sociology to marketing, from diagnosis to clinical treatment, also covering innovative solutions and new tools provided through the use of artificial intelligence.

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Global Action to End Smoking: the US nonprofit organization new commitment to support smoking cessation

The global action to end smoking grantmaking will continue to focus on advancing health and science research for cutting-edge smoking cessation and reduced-risk solutions, with a particular focus on marginalized communities and low- and middle-income countries where smoking is most widespread.

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Behavioral Interventions can help smokers with diabetes quit with a greater likelihood of success. However, structured programs are needed

The results were included in the review "Behavioural therapy for people with diabetes who smoke: a scoping review," published in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health: it is now clear that persons living with diabetes are not the subject of targeted treatments and that there is ample room for progress. It seems that more structured and intensive therapies could benefit these persons in bidding farewell to cigarette smoking, while little is still known about the possible benefits of combining  behavioral therapies and nicotine replacement pharmacological therapies.

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HOW TO CHANGE HEALTH POLICY STRATEGIES? SMOPHED STUDY: INVESTIGATION ON VAPERS AND SMOKERS ACCESSING EMERGENCY HOSPITAL SERVICES.

But how much would harm reduction and the reduction of smoking-related diseases affect international health policy strategies? Would there be fewer hospital admissions without conventional cigarette smoke? The answer will be provided by questionnaires administered to over 3000 hospitalized patients whose smoking habits and potential use of non-combustion products will be analyzed to assess the causes of hospital admission and the subsequent outcomes of the diseases identified.

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