Category: Smoking

Smoking

New Jersey School District Joins Ongoing Battle Against Juul

A large New Jersey school district has joined a nationwide class-action lawsuit against e-cigarette maker Juul, accusing the vape manufacturer of exploiting young students.

Smoking

Smokers Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Before General Public

Smokers are one of the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination and will be able to get their shots before the general public, according to a report from USA Today.

Smoking

As More Red States Legalize Marijuana, Some Officials Try to Nip It in the Bud

With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard wants to be dealing with during the upcoming legislative session is marijuana.

Tobacco

Higher Mortality Risk for ‘Social’ Smokers Compared to Nonsmokers

Social smokers are more than twice as likely to die of lung disease and more than eight times as likely to die of lung cancer than nonsmokers.

Vaping & E-Cigarettes

Nicotine, Marijuana Vaping See Historic Rise in College-age Adults

Increases in vaping marijuana and nicotine are among the largest increases in use for any substance reported by a National Institutes of Health study in its 45-year history.

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 brand of smokeless tobacco products as safer than cigarettes.