TOBACCO SMOKING

This study tests whether home visits by female community health volunteers plus regular SMS messages can help adults in Pokhara, Nepal, better control high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and smoking. About 2100 participants are split into two groups: one gets the home visits an…

This study tests whether the drug nivolumab (Opdivo) can reverse early, pre-cancerous changes in the lungs of current or former heavy smokers who are at high risk for lung cancer. Nineteen participants receive nivolumab to see if their lung tissue improves over six months. The go…

This study tests whether a program of counselling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can help e-cigarette users quit vaping. 180 regular vapers will be randomly assigned to receive either counselling alone or counselling plus NRT. Researchers will track self-reported quitting…

This study planned to test whether asking daily smokers to imagine positive future events could reduce their desire to smoke and make them more cautious about losses. The researchers intended to enroll adults who smoked at least five cigarettes a day and measure their smoking beh…

This study looks at how different tobacco products, like cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco, affect the way skin wounds heal. Researchers will measure skin temperature, blood flow, and signs of inflammation in 60 participants, including a non-smoking group. The goal …