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The measured amount of 6-methylnicotine, a nicotine analog, was 87% to 88% less than the amount on the label for all nine flavors of the Spree Bar e-cigarette, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Medicine was an interesting thought as I was growing up with no medical people in my family.

U.S. cancer centers often ask patients about smoking status, but results of an online survey revealed critical gaps in efforts to help patients quit.

Receiving daily text messages as part of an e-cigarette cessation intervention led to a larger vaping abstinence rate at 7 months vs. a control treatment in adolescents, according to results published in JAMA.

A new study provides the first evidence that illicit fentanyl use may play a role in hepatitis C transmission among injection drug users, according to researchers.

A universal screening and opt-out referral strategy may reduce disparities in tobacco treatment access and increase use of smoking cessation services by people with cancer, according to results of a qualitative improvement study.

Individuals who smoke tobacco using a waterpipe had a higher risk for death from multiple cancer types compared with those who never smoked, according to data from an ongoing cohort study published in JAMA Oncology.

About 40% of cancer cases and nearly half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults aged 30 years or older can be attributable to modifiable risk factors, according to a study led by American Cancer Society researchers.

Individuals with laryngeal cancer who stop smoking in the 2- to 4-week window between diagnosis and their first treatment can significantly improve their response to therapy, survival rates and quality of life.

The association between daily alcohol consumption and risk for hypertension is a linear relationship and the strength of the association varied between men and women, researchers reported.