State of the art review: Biological drivers of the host response in sepsis
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Voting in the Royal College of Physicians elections closes at midday on Monday.
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Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth Severe COVID-19 is associated with an increased subsequent risk of lung cancer. Viral pneumonia induces durable lung epigenetic imprinting that promotes tumor-supportive neutrophils and impairs T cell...

Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth

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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

Bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #LungSky @btsrespiratory.bsky.social

RCP responds to Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into air pollution in England

The @rcphysicians.bsky.social urges gov't to take a bold, cross government approach to tackling air pollution in evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, highlighting the tens of thousands of deaths & widening health inequalities linked to air pollution. www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c... #LungSky

Sociodemographic differences in clinical phenotypes among patients with COPD: a latent class analysis Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition whose clinical severity may be influenced by social factors. We aimed to identify distinct COPD clinical phenotypes...

The very severe COPD phenotype was associated with substantially higher mortality and was more common among Black and Hispanic individuals, those in low-income or rural counties and individuals who currently smoke. bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1... @bmj.com #LungSky #RespEd
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Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

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Unpacking the BTS Trainee Survey 2024 Podcast Episode · Thorax Podcast · February 27 · 32m

Thorax Podcast: reflecting on the 2024 @btsrespiratory.bsky.social survey of trainees.
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Report Stage for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill: What happened! - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Last night's debate for Report stage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Lords - a clear and resounding vote in support of the generational sales ban. ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

The tobacco industry and Swiss universities: a worrying influence - Transparency and Truth The tobacco industry and Swiss universities: investigation into influence, transparency, and conflicts of interest

Swiss report on blood money from the tobacco industry corrupting academia. transparencyandtruth.ch/en/ressource... @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social #LungSky

Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation. @ashorguk.bsky.ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky
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NHS England » Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: commissioning strategies and resources NHS England » Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: commissioning strategies and resources

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: commissioning strategies and resources. www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/co... @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #LungSky #RespEd

Impact of the UK’s smokefree generation policy on tobacco-related equity in England tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... #LungSky #RespEd @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social

In data from nine U.S. birth cohorts, ambient PM2.5 and indoor home water damage/home dampness together in early childhood were associated with an increased risk of the diagnosis of childhood asthma before the age of 5. #LungSky #RespEd #StructuralViolence
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Global and regional cancer burden attributable to modifiable risk factors to inform prevention - Nature Medicine Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the lea...

Smoking (15.1%), infections (10.2%) and alcohol consumption (3.2%) are the leading contributors to cancer burden worldwide.
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Evaluating policy compliance among leading tobacco brands on Instagram Background Instagram hosts pro-tobacco content that may reach youth despite existing US federal and platform-specific policies designed to restrict such content. This study assessed compliance with pl...

Tobacco sleaze: Leading tobacco brands on Instagram often violated platform and federal policies, particularly those concerning age verification, sponsorship disclosure and health warning labelling tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... #LungSky #RespEd @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org /n

Cost-effectiveness of a self-management maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation: a UK randomised controlled trial for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Introduction Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but impact typically only lasts 6–12 months. This paper presents ...

The ‘SPACEforCOPD’ programme co-developed with patients and tested over 10 yrs was highly cost-effective in extending the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation and reducing NHS costs by £139.72 per patient (95%CI −£728.14 to £1007.41). bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/12/1... #LungSky #RespEd @bmj.com

Thorax: therapist-guided, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) effectively and safely reduces catastrophising about asthma, improves asthma control, avoidance behaviour and quality of life. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... #RespEd #LungSky @asthmaandlung.org.uk @bmj.com /n

Flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe: a particularly harmful commodity requiring the attention of tobacco control Background Tobacco control is beginning to pay attention to additives and flavours in tobacco products but less so to the tobacco leaf itself. Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) leaf increases dependence on ni...

New research highlights deforestation and economic traps created by flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe.
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Flu: NHS sees post-festive bounce back amid cold snap A bounce back in flu admissions has been seen in NHS hospitals since Christmas as services grapple with other seasonal viruses and a biting cold snap. Latest NHS England figures for the week ending 4...

Dismal: latest NHS data show that as of 4 January less than half of healthcare workers (46.9%) have had a flu vaccine this winter season. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/... #LungSky /n

The @healthfoundation.bsky.social Evidence hub: What drives health inequalities? www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub #RespEd #LungSky #StructuralViolence

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Is the provision of a national opt-out tobacco dependence treatment service in acute hospitals in England equitable? A national cohort study Introduction People who smoke are a third more likely to be admitted to hospital than non-smokers. A disparity in smoking prevalence between the most and least deprived populations persists. Hospital-...

The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles, with the greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @bmj.com #LungSky @ashorguk.bsky.social

European Respiratory Society clinical practice guideline for the management of adult bronchiectasis.
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Breaking new ground: Local authority stop smoking services and wider tobacco control in England, 2025 - ASH The twelfth instalment of the annual ASH survey of tobacco control leads.

New government investment has delivered expanded stop smoking services that are working hard to reach smokers in all communities and reduce health inequalities. ash.org.uk/resources/vi... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org #LungSky

New in Thorax: Time to diagnosis and long-term outcomes for adults presenting with breathlessness thorax.bmj.com/content/81/1...
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An overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of pleural infection, highlighting current concepts and key practice points to aid you in caring for this often complex group of patients.

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Australia has now banned engineered stone, after hundreds of tradespeople were diagnosed, while in California, 435 silicosis cases in engineered stone workers have been confirmed since 2019, with 25 of them workers dying. archive.ph/yobET#select... @asthmaandlung.org.uk #RespEd #LungSky

Health-Related Social Needs and Health Care Utilization This cohort study of Medicare and Medicaid recipients examines the association of health-related social needs with inpatient and emergency department utilization and whether resolution of health-relat...

US study finds that unmet Health-Related Social Needs are associated with higher emergency department use, and inpatient admissions after adjusting for confounders. #StructuralViolence #LungSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... /n

Associations between time spent on social media and both smoking and vaping among children. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #LungSky #RespEd @ashorguk.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social