Millions of long-term smokers have lung disea
Millions of Americans with tobacco-related lung disease have symptoms that do not fit any existing tobacco-related disease criteria – including the most common of those, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco. In the study publishing Aug. 1, 2023, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the research team found that half of the participants with extensive tobacco exposure have persistently high levels of respiratory symptoms, including shortness of breath, daily cough, phlegm, and decreased abilit...
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