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Cheap, Flavored Cigars That Entice Kids Are Flooding the Market: Report

MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 – Flavoring added to small, cheap cigars is making these the second-most popular tobacco product among youth, a new report shows. The report comes as federal regulators prepare...

Most Adolescent Vapers Do Not Use Cessation Resources

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – Most adolescent electronic cigarette users do not use cessation resources in their attempts to quit, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Pediatrics. Hongying Daisy...

Polygenic Overlap Detected for Schizophrenia, CVD Risk

FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 – For individuals with schizophrenia, there is a genetic propensity for smoking and a reduced risk for obesity, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the American...

Coffee Won't Raise Preemie Birth Risk, But Smoking Certainly Will: Study

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 – Smoking during pregnancy is a significant risk factor for premature births, but drinking coffee is not, new research suggests. Women who smoked during pregnancy were 2.6...

Smoking Increases Risk for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes After PCI

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), smoking is associated with an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a study...

Most Online Marijuana Dispensaries Lack Adequate Age Verification

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – Most online marijuana dispensaries lack adequate age verification features and accept nontraceable payment methods, according to a research letter published online Sept....

Vaping Raises a Teen's Odds of Developing Asthma

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 – New research underscores the harms of e-cigarettes, showing that vaping increases the risk of asthma in teens who have never smoked cigarettes. Although e-cigarettes have...

Need for FDA to Take Strong Action on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A new government report reveals that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep children and teens off tobacco. Among the report's findings were that...

Millions Are Exposed to Secondhand Smoke and Don't Know It

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A lot of people who think they don’t have secondhand smoke exposure actually do, according to a new study that compared survey answers with blood tests. According to the r...

FDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco. Among the report’s findings were that the U...

Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 – When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how...

Young E-Cigarette Users Report Higher Levels of Chronic Stress

TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 – Young electronic cigarette users are more likely to report having chronic stress than nonusers, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society...

E-Cigarette Use in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Abstinence Rate in Final Trimester

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 – Individuals who use electronic cigarettes during pregnancy have a higher smoking abstinence rate in late pregnancy than individuals who use nicotine replacement therapy...

E-Cigarettes, Cytisine, Varenicline Most Effective to Help Stop Smoking

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – Electronic cigarettes and the medicines cytisine and varenicline appear to help the most people to quit smoking, according to a review published online Sept. 12 in the...

For the Young, Vaping & Chronic Stress Often Go Together

TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – Young people who vape are more likely to experience chronic stress, though it isn’t clear whether it was the stress that brought on the vaping or the vaping that caused the ...

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