Podcast 595: Smoking. Still Bad

<p><strong>Contributor: Don Stader, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On average, smoking reduces life expectancy by 13.2 years for men and for 14.5 years for women</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nicotine is highly addictive and has both stimulant and calming effects</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Having a newborn can be a strong motivator to quit so take advantage and educate new (or expecting) parents to the risks of smoking and benefits of quitting</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Smoking has been associated with sudden infant death</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Biggest predictor of children smoking is seeing their parents smoking</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Side effects of smoking that can be discussed with patients are cataracts/blindness, cancers (lung and throat), coronary artery disease, early menopause, osteoporosis/fractures, and impotency</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Haug S, Schaub MP, Schmid H.</span> <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24674150/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Predictors of adolescent smoking cessation and smoking reduction.</span></a> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patient Educ Couns</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. 2014;95(3):378-383. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.03.004</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mays D, Gilman SE, Rende R, Luta G, Tercyak KP, Niaura RS.</span> <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24819567/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Parental smoking exposure and adolescent smoking trajectories</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pediatrics</s