While the FDA notes that no tobacco product is safe, the authorization allows this smokeless tobacco product to be sold with the claim that switching to it from cigarettes reduces the risk of lung cancer.
Research revealed that teenagers whose parents smoked were around 55% more likely to have tried e-cigarettes and around 51% more likely to have tried smoking.
A Mass General-led study suggests that managing smoking cessation like other chronic diseases through an integrated health system approach could produce sustained results.
Adult smokers who switch to vaping reported better physical health, exercised more and had more active social engagement.
Read More
On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, international lung health groups are raising concerns over Big Tobacco’s impact on environmental health and ultimately lung health.
Read More
A smoking cessation program that recruits cancer patients while they are receiving cancer care is more effective at enrollment and quit rates, and cheaper than other programs.
Read More
American Cancer Society scientists are raising red flags over the growing popularity of Puff Bar vaping devices, which have overtaken Juul as the most preferred vaping product among youth.
Read More
The US FDA has proposed to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars.
Read More
Significant reductions in cigarette smoking rates were found among US adults with major depression, substance use disorder, or both from 2006 to 2019, according to an analysis published in JAMA.
Read More
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.
Read More
New research looks at how ex-smokers with COPD are susceptible to harm from air pollution.
Read More
A study published in the European Respiratory Journal found that a smoking history in patients with severe asthma is linked to eosinophilic airway inflammation.
Read More
Vaping leads to smoking in school-aged children and the health risks outweigh any benefits, a new review from Australian researchers finds.
Read More
Smoking cessation adds the same number of heart disease-free years to life as three preventive medications combined, according to research at ESC 2022.
Read More
Prenatal cannabis exposure due to use among pregnant women is on the rise and may be associated with negative health outcomes in children, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Read More