FDA Orders Juul to End Vaping Sales
The FDA has ordered Juul Labs Inc to stop selling and distributing all Juul vaping devices in the US, and remove all existing product from consumer shelves.
The FDA has ordered Juul Labs Inc to stop selling and distributing all Juul vaping devices in the US, and remove all existing product from consumer shelves.
Many physicians incorrectly believe all tobacco products are equally harmful and thus are less likely to recommend e-cigarettes for people seeking to quit smoking or those being treated for a tobacco-caused disease.
Long-term cannabis smoking leads to over-inflated lungs, increased airway resistance and impaired oxygen extraction, which may reflect the early signs of a severe form of emphysema.
Among college-aged students in 2020, marijuana use is at an all-time high, vaping has plateaued, hallucinogen use has significantly increased, and alcohol use declined.
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Read MoreThe US FDA announced it will advance regulations to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars, which the agency says cause tobacco-related health disparities in communities of color and addict youth.
Read MoreA new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses how smoking may affect risk for COVID-19 and the types of research that are needed to better understand the link between smoking and COVID-19 risk.
Read MorePandemic-related anxiety and boredom were drivers of increased nicotine and tobacco use during the initial COVID-19 lockdown.
Read MoreNearly 1-in-5 teens are vaping and close to 1-in-4 teens are using at least one tobacco product, according to the American Lung Association’s 19th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report.
Read MoreSocial 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.
Read MoreThe US FDA authorized the IQOS Tobacco Heating System as a modified risk tobacco product. The electronic device heats up tobacco into an aerosol.
Read MoreDysanapsis, a condition that causes underdeveloped bronchi and bronchioles, may leave patients at greater risk of developing COPD, even if they have never smoked.
Read MoreResearchers at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work have found that young people who smoke e-cigarettes are more likely to become regular cigarette smokers.
Read MoreMassachusetts recently instituted a statewide ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
Read MoreResearchers have found that people who both vape and smoke traditional cigarettes were less likely to abstain from smoking than traditional cigarette-only smokers.
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