Top 10 smoking, vaping stories of 2024
Healio Pulmonology has compiled the top news on smoking and vaping posted in 2024.
Readers were most interested in e-cigarettes vs. nicotine replacement therapy for quitting smoking; the impact of e-cigarette use on lung function, blood pressure and heart rate; a lawsuit filed against the FDA over a delay in banning menthol cigarettes; the FDA’s reversal of marketing denial orders on Juul vaping devices and related products; and the impact of waterpipe smoking on blood pressure and heart rate in habitual users.
Here are Healio’s top 10 most-read stories on smoking and vaping from 2024.
E-cigarette use vs. nicotine replacement therapy leads to higher quit rates
Individuals using nicotine e-cigarettes have a higher likelihood of quitting smoking compared with nicotine replacement therapy users, according to data published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Read more.
E-cigarette use lowers lung function, heightens blood pressure, heart rate
Following 15-minute use of an electronic nicotine delivery system, or ENDS, lung function fell and blood pressure and heart rate rose in long-term users vs. nonusers, according to results published in CHEST. Read more.
Lawsuit filed against FDA over inaction on banning menthol cigarettes
Three health groups have filed a lawsuit against the FDA over a delay in finalizing the proposed rule banning menthol cigarettes, according to a press release from one of the groups. Also, Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, shares his Perspective. Read more.
FDA reverses marketing denial orders on Juul vaping devices, products
The FDA announced that it has revoked its previous marketing denial orders to Juul Labs in part because of new case law and further review, according to a press release from the agency. Also, Erika Sward, MA, assistant vice president of nationwide advocacy at the American Lung Association, shares her Perspective. Read more.
Waterpipe smoking session heightens blood pressure, heart rate in habitual users
Among habitual waterpipe smokers, brachial and aortic blood pressure, as well as heart rate, rose after 30-minute outdoor use of the pipe, according to results published in CHEST. Also, Christy Sadreameli, MD, MHS, national volunteer medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association, shares her Perspective. Read more.
Educational texts raise physicians’ confidence in treating tobacco use disorder
After receiving educational texts on tobacco use disorder treatment for 13 days, physicians felt more confident treating this disorder, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. Read more.
Q&A: Uncovering how vaping additives injure lungs, impact breathing
Over the years, there has been little understanding of how vitamin E acetate and vitamin E found in e-cigarettes damage the lungs, but research published in Langmuir directly addresses this question. Healio spoke with Christine DeWolf, PhD, professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Concordia University, to learn more. Read more.
Text message intervention lowers e-cigarette use in adolescents
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. Read more.
Q&A: E-cigarettes doubling as gaming devices put youth at risk for addiction
Vaping devices with games are creating an even bigger challenge when it comes to convincing adolescents not to vape, posing dangers of nicotine addiction and gaming disorder, according to a press release. Healio spoke with Man (Jon) Wong, lab assistant at University of California, Riverside, and Prue Talbot, PhD, professor of the graduate division at University of California, Riverside, to learn more. Read more.
Young smoker CT scans show lung abnormalities, lung function loss over 3 years
Lung abnormalities appeared more frequently on CT scans from young current smokers vs. never smokers, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. Read more.