Esterlis I, Ranganathan M, Bois F, Pittman B, Picciotto MR, Shearer L, Anticevic A, Carlson J, Niciu MJ, Cosgrove KP, DSouza DC
Surgeon General's Warning: Quitting smoking now greatly reduced serious risks to your health
The 2022 estimates revealed on Tuesday in the report titled "WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 20002030" showed a continued decline in tobacco use rates globally, with about 1 in 5 adults worldwide consuming tobacco compared to 1 in 3 in 2000
The 2023 GOLD report identifies seven distinct etiotypes: [12] [18] cigarette smoking COPD (COPD-C) biomass and pollution exposure COPD (COPD-P) genetically determined COPD (COPD-G) COPD due to abnormal lung development (COPD-D) COPD with asthma (COPD-A) COPD due to infections (COPD-I) COPD of unknown cause (COPD-U) This framework better reflects variation in COPD causes and disease progression in global populations