Smoking Cessation Tied to Lower Dementia Risk
Smoking cessation improves long-term brain health, provided individuals maintain a stable weight following the transition.
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Smoking Cessation Tied to Lower Dementia Risk
Smoking cessation improves long-term brain health, provided individuals maintain a stable weight following the transition.
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Rural vs Urban Teen Smoking
Socioeconomic disadvantage in rural neighborhoods increases the likelihood of adolescent cigarette use, highlighting a distinct rural-urban divide in healthcare outcomes.
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Micro Direct’s CO Check Pro Carbon Monoxide Breath Monitor
The CO Check Pro is designed for use in both smoking cessation programs and emergency healthcare settings for the detection of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Teen Vaping Curbed by Public Health, EVALI News Reporting
2019 was a turning point in youth vaping, as aggressive public health campaigns and extensive news coverage of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) effectively curbed teen use.
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E-cigarette Taxes Reduced Vaping Rates Without Increasing Adult Smoking
Higher prices for vaping products effectively reduced use without driving adults toward traditional cigarettes.
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Flavored Tobacco Bans Linked to Reduced Youth Vaping Rates
A study of 2.8 million California students indicates that local sales restrictions on flavored products decrease e-cigarette use without shifting adolescents to traditional cigarettes.
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Could a Ban on Disposable Vapes Lead to More Cigarette Smoking?
A 2025 ban on disposable vapes in the United Kingdom may be pushing some users to smoke cigarettes instead, according to a youth survey.
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Smoking Associated with Lower Parkinson’s Risk
Currently smoking is associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, but quitting smoking was associated with a lower risk of death.
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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.
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‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report Calls Out Prevention Cuts
The American Lung Association’s 2026 “State of Tobacco Control” Report says cuts to federal tobacco prevention efforts put lives at risk.
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School-based Anti-tobacco Program Reduced Youth Smoking, Vaping
Statewide study finds students in funded schools were significantly less likely to smoke or vape than counterparts in schools without funding.
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Can CBD Alternatives Reduce Marijuana Smoking?
Researchers want to know whether cannabidiol (CBD) can help people with cannabis use disorder reduce marijuana smoking or quit use entirely.
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Teen Drug Use Remains Low
Abstention from drug use remains at an historic high for teens, according to an annual survey of US adolescents.
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Cardiovascular Risk Drops After Quitting Smoking
Cigarette smoking increased cardiovascular risks at 2-5 cigarettes daily, but cessation rapidly lowered risk within ten years, overall.
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Smoking Fewer Cigarettes Does Not Eliminate CV Risks
Smoking fewer cigarettes does not eliminate cardiovascular disease risk—quitting entirely is the most effective strategy for improving health.
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Even Low-intensity Smoking Increases CV, Mortality Risks
Smoking just 2-5 cigarettes per day was associated with a 50% higher risk of heart failure and a 60% higher risk of death from any cause, compared to never smoking.
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Adults May Age Faster if Father Smoked During Puberty
Researchers found signs of faster biological aging, compared to chronological age, in people whose fathers began smoking at age 15 or younger.
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Global Secondhand Smoke Costs Children 8.45M Days of Healthy Life Annually
Children from low socioeconomic regions suffer disproportionately, with disease burden rates up to 30 times higher than in high-income regions due to weaker tobacco control and higher household exposure.
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Positive Data for Smoking Cessation Drug Candidate
The smoking cessation drug candidate cytisinicline significantly improved smoking quit rates compared to placebo in adults with and without COPD.
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How Many Americans Use Nicotine Pouches?
The first national estimate of daily nicotine pouch use in the US found that 2.5% of American adults use the product, and most users may be smokers who want to reduce or quit smoking.
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Using Pediatric Primary Care to Curb Parent Smoking
Automated smoking cessation interventions at pediatric primary care locations helped reduce parental smoking.
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Quitting Smoking Tied to Recovery From Other Addictions
Smokers who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking.
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Vaping More Effective for Smoking Cessation Than Nicotine Alernatives
A study evaluated whether vaporized nicotine products are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies for smoking cessation among people experiencing social disadvantage.
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Sharp Increase in Nicotine Pouch Ingestions Among Young Children
New data found an alarming 763% increase in the rate of reported nicotine pouch ingestions among children younger than 6 years old from 2020 to 2023.
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