AHA Calls for Policies to Curb Use of Oral Nicotine Products
An American Heart Association policy statement reviews the health implications of the newest oral smokeless tobacco products, including nicotine pouches.
An American Heart Association policy statement reviews the health implications of the newest oral smokeless tobacco products, including nicotine pouches.
An American Heart Association policy statement reviews the health implications of the newest oral smokeless tobacco products, including nicotine pouches.
Read MoreA new report highlights the potential of nicotine products like vapes, snus, and nicotine pouches to reduce tobacco-related deaths worldwide, showing evidence linking their use to declining cigarette smoking rates in several countries.
Read MoreNew commentary emphasizes that engagement across stakeholders is critical to accelerate smoking cessation and reduce smoking-related disease and death.
Read MorePeople who start smoking before age 18 are more likely to experience respiratory symptoms, such as wheezing and phlegm, in their 20s.
Read MoreChildren exposed to maternal prenatal smoking were 49% more likely to struggle with poor academic achievement.
Read MoreThe popularity of Zyn nicotine pouches has skyrocketed among teens and young adults, driven primarily by social media.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreRates of cigarette smoking among young U.S. adults have drastically declined since 2001, new data show.
Read MoreResearch published in PLoS ONE assessed the association of smoking with COVID-19 complications.
Read MoreA Mass General-led study suggests that managing smoking cessation like other chronic diseases through an integrated health system approach could produce sustained results.
Read MoreThe US FDA plans to develop a proposed product standard that would reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, the agency says.
Read MoreLos Angeles will ban businesses from selling flavored tobacco products under new restrictions in an attempt to decrease teen vaping.
Read MoreAn estimated 47.1 million American adults reported current (every day or some days) tobacco product use in 2020, including 30.8 million who smoked cigarettes.
Read MoreReduced levels of toxicants in nicotine pouches translate directly into reduced in-vitro biological activity, a recent study in the journal Applied In Vitro Toxicology shows.
Read MoreStudy finds higher smoking rates with mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Read MoreProducts like e-cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, create concern for losing another generation to nicotine addiction, the American Lung Association’s annual “State of Tobacco Control” report says.
Read MoreA new study set out to understand how e-cigarettes with flavored liquids may impact smoking uptake and cessation in young people.
Read MoreNew information has surfaced on the link between the pandemic and the deceleration in progress to reduce smoking in certain populations.
Read MoreThe risk that both tobacco and electronic cigarettes can pose to regular smokers’ health has been well documented, but a new UCLA study illustrates just how quickly vaping can affect the cells of even healthy younger nonsmokers.
Read MoreA new study found that patients using electronic nicotine delivery systems can mitigate their exposure to a tobacco-specific carcinogen.
Read MoreThe number of high and middle school students using tobacco products has dropped over the last two years.
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 MoreLactating mothers who use e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement therapies may be putting their breastfed babies at risk for skull defects, according to a new animal study published in the journal FASEB.
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, people are stocking up on necessities. Even sales of tobacco products have grown in recent days, the Financial Times reports.
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