Smoking

Gas-entrapping foam infused with carbon monoxide enhances the anti-cancer activity of autophagy inhibitors, which may help improve therapies for many different cancers. Credit: University of Iowa Health CareDid smokers do better than non-smokers in a clinical trial for an experimental cancer treatment? That was the intriguing question that led University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues to develop a drinkable, carbon monoxide-infused foam that boosted the effectiveness of the therapy, known as autophagy…

New research indicates that smoking both marijuana and cigarettes significantly increases the risk of lung damage, challenging common beliefs about the safety of marijuana smoking. The study underscores the need for more research in this area to inform public understanding.According to findings recently presented at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting, combining marijuana and cigarette smoking could result in greater harm to the lung’s air sacs.Despite widespread beliefs that marijuana smoking is…

Neanderthals aren’t the stupid, primitive, and unsophisticated beings some of us might think, as evidence provided by their DNA has suggested.In fact, evidence has also found that the closest ancient human relatives were just as capable as Homo Sapiens — the species we belong to now.As it turns out, there has been interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals at some point in time, leaving some of us with Neanderthal DNA up to this day.In fact, there are ways to trace Neanderthal DNA in our bodies. Nevertheless,…

Prepackaged pouches of nicotine, flavoring, artificial sweetener and other chemicals are rising in popularity as an alternative to cigarettes. While oral nicotine pouches have fewer carcinogens than cigarettes, a new study by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Center for Tobacco Research finds they do not curb nicotine cravings as quickly as cigarettes. Credit: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterPouches, while containing fewer toxins than cigarettes, are unlikely to aid smokers in…

A study in Addiction shows that cytisine, a cost-effective smoking cessation aid from Eastern Europe, significantly increases quit rates compared to a placebo and might be more effective than nicotine replacement therapy. Safe and used since the 1960s, its availability is limited to certain countries, impacting its potential global health benefits, especially in low- and middle-income nations.Cytisine, a generic smoking cessation aid, has been shown to double the success rate of quitting smoking compared to a placebo.…

GE Smart Indoor Smoker lets you barbecue inside in your kitchen. Image: GEGE Profile’s new indoor smoker will let you enjoy the pleasures of having a smoker in your kitchen instead without all the fuss of owning an outdoor smoker.Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerGE’s Smart Indoor Smoker uses what the company calls Active Smoke Filtration to do this. This feature turns “real wood smoke into warm air packed with flavor,” meaning you’ll inhale some nice ribs-flavored air instead of smoke the entire time.The smoker uses…

Recent research reveals nicotine e-cigarettes, alongside medications cytisine and varenicline, as the most effective smoking cessation aids. The study, encompassing over 300 clinical trials, provides crucial evidence for public health strategies. Comprehensive global analysis from UMass Amherst researcher offers evidence to reshape public health policies.Nicotine e-cigarettes and two prescription medications that curb symptoms of withdrawal are the most effective stop-smoking aids, according to a comprehensive,…

Research from Washington University shows that smoking shrinks the brain and speeds up brain aging, a process that is irreversible even after quitting. The study, analyzing data from the UK Biobank, highlights the crucial role of quitting smoking in preventing further brain damage and reducing dementia risk. Credit: SciTechDaily.comFindings help explain how smoking is linked to Alzheimer’s, dementia.Smoking shrinks the brain, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The…

As a sort of public service announcement, if your Tesla vehicle starts “smoking” while Supercharging, it might only be steam. Most Tesla vehicles are now equipped with heat pumps, which help with efficiency in cold weather, but they also can produce steam, which can be alarming to some. With many new Tesla owners experiencing a winter with their cars for the first time, there have been a few instances of Tesla owners calling emergency services because they thought their cars were catching on…

A little over three years have passed since McDonald's sent out an email to thousands of its restaurant owners around the world that abruptly cut short the future of a three-person startup called Kytch—and with it, perhaps one of McDonald's best chances for fixing its famously out-of-order ice cream machines.Until then, Kytch had been selling McDonald's restaurant owners a popular internet-connected gadget designed to attach to their notoriously fragile and often broken soft-serve McFlurry dispensers, manufactured by…