E-cigarette use and lung cancer screening uptake
JAMA Network Open
2024-07-02
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About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, e-cigarette use was independently associated with lower use of lung cancer screening, particularly among individuals who had quit smoking combustible cigarettes. Emerging research suggests that e-cigarettes contain definite and probable carcinogens and cause similar cancer-associated gene deregulations as combustible tobacco.
Corresponding author: To contact the corresponding author, Qian Wang, M.D., M.P.H., email qian.wang@uhhospitals.org.
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(doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.17545)
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