Riccardo Polosa: "I applaud the new British initiative: we will follow up on the details but it is already clear that this is a revolutionary change that we hope will be followed by many other countries. It is a concrete and rational action of health policy"
“We observed an improvement in exercise tolerance in participants compared to the initial levels: many patients from the first month declared that they have more breath and to feel less fatigue in small but important daily activities such as climbing stairs or doing household” - added prof. Pasquale Caponnetto, professor of clinical psychology at DISFOR of the University of Catania and CoEHAR member.
The Universitas Padjadjaran is organizing an online webinar dedicated to tobacco harm reduction strategies in collaboration with the researchers of the Replica project: "Harm Reduction Efforts in Smoking" will be held on Friday, 7th April 2023 at 3 pm GMT+7.
uring the latest meeting of the Polish Periodontal Society held by Polish Society of Periodontology and Periodontology Chapter of the Polish Dental Society, prof. Jan Kowalski of the Department of Periodontology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw in Poland was attend for the SMILE Study project.
During this year event, CoEHAR researchers presented the latest results of a small study conducted across a very vulnerable, and often forgotten, population: older adults who are are trying to stop smoking.
The high number of cigarettes smoked every day by patients with severe mental disorders does not only harm individual smokers but also their parents and the people around them. The habit of smoking is perceived as harmful and also causes discomfort to those close to patients with schizophrenia who can even smoke 60 cigarettes a day.
From Monday 27th February to Thursday 2nd March, CoEHAR will host the kick-off meeting of the REPLICA 2.0 project. A team of international researchers from different countries will attend the event coordinated by CoEHAR to launch the new era of Replica.
The ground-breaking review article "Health impact of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Current and emerging evidence" published in Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine discusses existing and future options for COPD smokers who have difficulty quitting smoking. It also systematically reviews the current literature about e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. The article is authored by CoEHAR researchers of the University of Catania together with British respiratory physicians at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals in London.
The research covered 25 studies comprising 1,810 participants who smoked. The authors found that nearly two thirds of the tests analyzed showed e-cigarettes do not bring any additional harm to a smoker’s health, specifically in relation to heart rate, blood pressure and cardiovascular test. In fact, researchers evaluated evidence from two clinical studies that showed that the use of e-cigarettes could lead to a potential benefit. For example, participants with hypertension experienced a clinically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure after one year of electronic nicotine delivery systems use.
A record that is associated with another incredible scientific result of the CoEHAR team which closes 2022 with a record: the group of scientists affiliated with the research center in Catania has managed to achieve, in just 4 years, 128 scientific publications in prestigious journals dedicated to Harm Reduction.
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