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A study reveals how cigarette price sensitivity varies between U.S. adults who do and do not use cannabis. The findings could help shape tobacco tax policies to reduce cigarette use among cannabis users, offering key insights for effective tobacco control strategies.
Learn from an expert on how marketing shapes the use of flavored vapes, and and what it means for kids and teens.
A study linked chronic inflammation in early adulthood to loss of cognitive skills in midlife. Chronic inflammation is caused by obesity, smoking, and poor health. Those with higher levels of inflammation were twice as likely to have poor cognitive performance than those with low inflammation.
Daily cannabis smokers have a 25% increased risk of heart attack and a 42% increased risk of stroke compared to non-users.
UCSF’s industry archives expose the marketing tactics that fueled the opioid epidemic.
Researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley are investigating the impact of pre- and post-natal exposures to tobacco smoke on the survival rate of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
It’s been known for many years that people who smoke tobacco have poor blood vessel function. Now, a team of researchers at UC San Francisco has shown that people who smoke marijuana have the same
Using both cannabis and tobacco increases depression and anxiety risk, highlighting the need for integrated support, says UC San Francisco study.
Millions of Americans with tobacco-related disease have symptoms that don't fit any existing tobacco-disease criteria
COVID vaccine efficacy varied by age, BMI, sex, and smoking status, with levels changing over six months in a UCSF-led study. Pfizer and Moderna had higher antibody responses than Johnson & Johnson at one month, but Johnson & Johnson overtook them at six months.
For the past 30 years, the California Tobacco Control Program has helped Californians save $816 billion in health care costs.
With vaping taking over the youth market, Pamela Ling, MD ’96, MPH, applies her research-driven social media and marketing expertise to beat the tobacco industry at its own game.
E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, reports a team of researchers at UCSF.
A new UCSF study researchers of more than 23 million people concludes that some commonly used and abused drugs pose previously unidentified risks for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially deadly heart-rhythm disorder.
A study led by UCSF researchers shows that insufficient or interrupted sleep may have more of an impact than smoking history in patients with a progressive lung disease.
Use of electronic cigarettes costs the United States $15 billion annually in health care expenditures – more than $2,000 per person a year – according to a study by researchers at the UCSF School of Nursing.
A UCSF study finds that race-based equations may mean Black patients' lung disease can be underdiagnosed and classified as moderate disease in more severe cases.
A team led by UCSF’s Richard Wang, surveyed the scientific community’s understanding of e-cigarettes and found that, in the form of mass-marketed consumer products, they do not lead smokers to quit.
UCSF experts and advisers continue to shape policy by bringing fundamental research to lawmakers and serving as key advisers to initiatives that advance science and health care throughout California.
Most parents know or suspect when their child smokes, but they are much more likely to be in the dark if the child vapes or uses other tobacco products, according to a large national study by researchers at UCSF.
The researchers determined "medical vulnerability" by referencing indicators identified by the CDC, including heart conditions, diabetes, current asthma, immune conditions (such as lupus, gout, rheumatoid arthritis), liver conditions, obesity and smoking within the previous 30 days. Additionally, the researchers added e-cigarettes to tobacco and cigar use.
Smoking significantly worsens COVID-19, according to a new analysis by UCSF of the association between smoking and progression of the infectious disease.
Lung damage is the cause of most COVID-19 deaths, and lung damage also is a public health concern for smokers and anybody living under polluted skies.
