Smoking Cessation: Tips, E-Cigarettes and Genomics

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Smoking Cessation: Tips, E-Cigarettes and Genomics

CDC information: CDC’s Tips from former smokers campaign provided outstanding return on investment. National mass media anti-smoking campaign exceptionally cost-effective

CDC  information: More than 16 million children live in states where they can buy e-cigarettes legally. More than 300 million Americans live in states without protection against indoor e-cigarette aerosol exposure

Commentary: Even more illness caused by smoking than previously estimated 
Steven A. Schroeder, JAMA Internal Medicine, December 2014

Recent Genomic Insights

Smokers' beliefs about the tobacco control potential of "a gene for smoking": a focus group study.
Waters EA, et al. BMC Public Health. 2014 Nov 25;14:1218

Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium.
Taylor AE, BMJ Open. 2014 Oct 7;4(10):e006141.

Smoking behaviour: investigation of the coaction of environmental and genetic risk factors.
Treutlein J, et al. Psychiatr Genet. 2014 Dec;24(6):279-80

Novel genetic variants modify the effect of smoking on carotid plaque burden in Hispanics.
Della-Morte D, et al. J Neurol Sci. 2014 Sep 15;344(1-2):27-31

Check out genetic association studies reporting on smoking using the HuGE Navigator

Check out our Smoking update page for additional information and links