Lung Health

For over four decades, polls in the USA have demonstrated that nearly 70% of smokers want to quit and 55% of smokers have attempted to quit in the past year.1 Over these decades, despite advances in medications and behavioural treatments, less than 10% of smokers successfully quit.2 Sadly, an estimated 31 million adult Americans continue to smoke and 11 million are e-cigarette users.3,4 […]

World Lung Day will take place on 25 September 2022, the theme this year is ‘Lung Health for All‘ highlighting inequalities in lung health globally following the COVID pandemic. We were delighted to talk with ATS President Dr. Gregory P. Downey (National Jewish Health; University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA) to learn more around the […]

touchRESPIRATORY were delighted to talk with ATS President Dr. Gregory P. Downey (National Jewish Health; University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA) around the mission statement of the ATS and the four pillars of respiratory health, the initiatives ATS are currently working on and the highlights from this year’s annual meeting. The ATS 2022 annual meeting […]

touchRESPIRATORY were delighted to catch up with the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Past-President Prof. Janwillem Kocks (GPRI & University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; OPRI Singapore, Singapore) to discuss his term as President of the IPCRG, how the COVID pandemic affected this and the yearly conference, and the take home messages from this year’s […]

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) is a global charitable organisation with the goal of improving prevention, diagnosis and care of respiratory diseases in the primary care setting. touchRESPIRATORY were delighted to catch up with the IPCRG Past-President Prof. Janwillem Kocks (GPRI & University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; OPRI Singapore, Singapore) to learn more […]

Smoking is one of the biggest avoidable causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and is a significant burden to healthcare systems. Without intervention, the annual total of 7.69 million deaths and 200 million disability-adjusted life-years caused by smoking are likely to increase over the coming decades.1 Several smoking cessation interventions have proven to be effective; however, […]

We were delighted to meet Professor Mahmood Bhutta (Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK) to discuss the future of sustainable surgery in the UK and the many projects he is working on to achieve greener surgical practice. Questions 1. What is the Green Surgery Challenge and how do surgeons get involved? 00:21-01:40 2. What […]

At the American Thoracic Society meeting, Dr Hiroki Tateno shared the results of a randomized, sham-controlled, open-label study to evaluate the long-term efficacy of CureApp, a novel smoking cessation app (CureApp Inc.), when used in addition to pharmacotherapy. Questions 1. What smoking cessation aids are currently available and how successful have they been in achieving […]