The Tobacco Quarterly, August 2008.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, October 2008.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, December 2008.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, February 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, April 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, June 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, August 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, October 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, December 2009.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, February 2010.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

The Tobacco Leaflet, April 2010.

The Newsletter of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control.

Family history of cancer and the risk of laryngeal cancer: a case-control study from Italy and Switzerland.

Only limited data is available on the relationship between family history of laryngeal and other neoplasms and laryngeal cancer risk. We investigated the issue using data from a multicentre case-control study conducted in Italy and Switzerland between 1992 and 2009 including 852 cases with histologically confirmed laryngeal cancer and 1970 controls admitted to hospital for acute, non neoplastic conditions. Unconditional logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, study center, education, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and number of siblings were used to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) of laryngeal cancer. The multivariate OR was 2.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-5.3) in subjects reporting a first-degree relative with laryngeal cancer, as compared to subjects with no family history. The OR was higher when the relative was diagnosed before 60 years of age (OR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.4-8.8). As compared to subjects without family history, non-smokers, and moderate drinkers, the OR was 37.1 (95% CI 9.9-139.4) for current smokers, heavy drinkers, with family history of laryngeal cancer. Family history of colorectal (OR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.3) and kidney (OR = 3.8, 95% CI 1.2-12.1) cancer were also associated to an increased risk of laryngeal cancer, while no significant increase in risk was found for family history of cancer at all sites, excluding the larynx (OR = 1.1).

Estimating and explaining the effect of education and income on head and neck cancer risk : INHANCE consortium pooled analysis of 31 case-control studies from 27 countries

Low socioeconomic status has been reported to be associated with head and neck cancer risk. However, previous studies have been too small to examine the associations by cancer subsite, age, sex, global region, and calendar time, and to explain the association in terms of behavioural risk factors. Individual participant data of 23,964 cases with head and neck cancer and 31,954 controls from 31 studies in 27 countries pooled with random effects models. Overall, low education was associated with an increased risk of head and neck cancer (OR = 2·50; 95%CI 2·02- 3·09). Overall one-third of the increased risk was not explained by differences in the distribution of cigarette smoking and alcohol behaviours; and it remained elevated among never users of tobacco and non-drinkers (OR = 1·61; 95%CI 1·13 - 2·31). More of the estimated education effect was not explained by cigarette smoking and alcohol behaviours: in women than in men, in older than younger groups, in the oropharynx than in other sites, in South/Central America than in Europe/North America, and was strongest in countries with greater income inequality. Similar findings were observed for the estimated effect of low vs high household income. The lowest levels of income and educational attainment were associated with more than 2-fold increased risk of head and neck cancer, which is not entirely explained by differences in the distributions of behavioural risk factors for these cancers, and which varies across cancer sites, sexes, countries, and country income inequality levels. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Femmes et tabagisme: spécificités épidémiologiques et cliniques [Women and tobacco: epidemiological and clinical specificities]

Cigarette smoking amongst women is a major issue in daily clinical practice and in public health. Tobacco is the cause of gender specific diseases. From a psychosocial point of view, female smokers tend to be emotionally vulnerable and relationship sensitive. The risk of weight gain and depression must be anticipated and assessed throughout the smoking cessation process. Professionals involved in smoking cessation must be aware of these somatic and psychosocial specificities in order to be able to offer efficient smoking cessation treatments. Public health strategies must also be developed worldwide to control the expected dramatic impact of the female tobacco epidemic.