Category: Smoking

Smoking

Cash Rewards Doubled Smoking Cessation Rates

Offering financial incentives of up to $600 nearly doubled smoking cessation rates among medically underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening.

Smoking

Tobacco Smoking and Infertility

A new summary from the World Health Organization warns that tobacco use can negatively impact fertility outcomes worldwide.

Smoking

How Big Tobacco Helped Derail a Menthol Cigarette Ban

Ninety-seven percent of the 246,000+ public comments sent to the FDA before it withdrew a proposed menthol cigarette ban were non-unique form letters, and half traced back to Big Tobacco.

Tobacco

Capping Nicotine Levels Could Prevent Millions of Deaths

A Rutgers Health study indicates that capping nicotine levels could eliminate smoking disparities and provide a trillion-dollar boost to the US economy.

Vaping & E-Cigarettes

FDA Campaign Prevents 444,000 Youth From Starting E-cigarette Use

New research shows "The Real Cost" educational efforts blocked millions in illegal e-cigarette sales and shifted youth attitudes toward nicotine addiction.

Nicotine Alternatives

FDA Authorizes Flavored Zyn Nicotine Pouches Despite Youth Risks

The FDA authorized 20 Zyn nicotine pouches, including 10 flavored products, despite concerns from health experts over increased youth use.