Category: Smoking

Smoking

Teens Are Binge Vaping During the Pandemic

Doctors in Canada are reporting that teens have resorted to binge vaping during the COVID-19 pandemic to cope with isolation and other stress.

Smoking

How Phone Counseling Helps Cancer Patients Quit Smoking

Recently diagnosed cancer patients who smoke are significantly more likely to quit and remain tobacco-free if they receive frequent and sustained telephone counseling, according to a new study.

Smoking

FDA to Regulate E-cigarettes, Cigars, More

The FDA has proposed a new rule that would extend the agency’s tobacco authority to regulate additional tobacco products, most notably electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), cigars, and other popular alternatives to cigarettes.

Tobacco

FDA Authorizes Tobacco Product But Emphasizes It’s ‘Not Safe’

The US FDA authorized the IQOS Tobacco Heating System as a modified risk tobacco product. The electronic device heats up tobacco into an aerosol.

Vaping & E-Cigarettes

Youth Vaping Declined in 2020 but Still an Epidemic

The CDC reports that 3.6 million American youth reported current e-cigarette use in 2020, a decline from 5.4 million in 2019, but health experts say flavored vapes are addicting kids and CDC/FDA are allowing it.

Nicotine Alternatives

FDA Allows Smokeless Tobacco Products to Be Advertised As Less Harmful Than Cigarettes

The US Food and Drug Administration announced that it has authorized the marketing of one...