Canada to Require Health Warnings on Individual Cigarettes
Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed directly on individual cigarettes, becoming the first country to take this approach.
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FDA Wants to Reduce Amount of Nicotine in Cigarettes
Many scientists have come to embrace a 95 percent reduction in nicotine levels.
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Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Alters Sleep Patterns as Adults
A study in mice demonstrated that pre-natal exposure to nicotine and its by-products produces long-term effects on sleep and stress-response in some areas of the brain.
The Global Number of Smokers Has Reached a New High
The number of smokers has increased to an all-time high due to a growing number of young people taking up the habit, a new study has found.
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Study: Flavored Vaping Ban May Have Led Teens to Cigarettes
A study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, looks at the impact of a California law that banned flavored vaping products.
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Electronic Nicotine Delivery System May Reduce Carcinogen Exposure
A new study found that patients using electronic nicotine delivery systems can mitigate their exposure to a tobacco-specific carcinogen.
Read MoreFDA to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, All Flavored Cigars
The 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.
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Most Adults Who Vape Want to Quit, Study Finds
More than 60% of adults in the United States who vape are interested in quitting, according to a new study.
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Vermont Ponders Flavored E-cigarette Ban
Vermont is considering a law that would ban the sale of flavored vaping products, according to local media reports.
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The State of Tobacco 2021
Nearly 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.
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Teens Are Binge Vaping During the Pandemic
Doctors in Canada are reporting that teens have resorted to binge vaping during the COVID-19 pandemic to cope with isolation and other stress.
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Smoking Associated with Increased Risk of COVID-19 Symptoms, Study Finds
Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to be admitted to the hospital than non-smokers.
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Light Smokers May Not Escape Nicotine Addiction, Study Reveals
Even people who consider themselves to be casual cigarette smokers may be addicted, according to current diagnostic criteria.
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How Phone Counseling Helps Cancer Patients Quit Smoking
Recently diagnosed cancer patients who smoke are significantly more likely to quit and remain tobacco-free if they receive frequent and sustained telephone counseling, according to a new study.
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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.
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