Category: Smoking

Smoking

Youth Vaping Increases Long-term Nicotine Seeking

Early exposure to e-cigarette vapor may alter the brain’s reward system well into adulthood, according to new research.

Smoking

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.

Smoking

Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening Availability Remains Low

Only one-third (33%) of surveyed Americans were aware that low-dose CT scans are available individuals at high-risk of lung cancer.

Tobacco

Herbal Cigarettes May Be More Harmful Than Tobacco

A study shows that tobacco-free "herbal" cigarettes produce high levels of fine particles and molecules that can damage lung tissue.

Vaping & E-Cigarettes

FDA Approves More Vaping Products

The FDA authorized the marketing of four Glas electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) through the premarket tobacco product application pathway.

Nicotine Alternatives

Positive Data for Inhaled Nicotine Replacement Therapy

A Phase 1 clinical trial of Qnovia's RespiRx handheld inhalable nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) revealed cigarette-comparable nicotine delivery with favorable safety profile.