Smoking and Tobacco News

Pain may influence cancer survivors’ decisions to use tobacco or cannabis, according to results of a retrospective analysis.

The adjusted risk for COPD was elevated among adults who identified as regular cigarette smokers before age 15 years, according to results published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Smoking patterns during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum period vary based on maternal age, race and ethnicity, geographical location and insurance type, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA announced it has authorized the marketing of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products, citing their greater health benefits vs. cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The FDA has proposed limiting the level of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco to make them “minimally or nonaddictive,” according to a press release from the agency.

Integrated care involving medication and intensive counseling showed effectiveness for smoking cessation among adults undergoing screening for lung cancer, the results of a randomized clinical trial showed.

Nicotine vaping cessation rates were elevated with use of a text message intervention or varenicline vs. no/minimal support or placebo, according to data published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Healio Pulmonology has compiled the top news on smoking and vaping posted in 2024.

In a cohort of English youths, those who persisted smoking tobacco from childhood to early adulthood showed significant cardiac damage by age 24 years and potentially irreversible cardiac injury, a researcher reported.