Smoking and Tobacco News

Researchers for a new study found no significant association between cannabis use and respiratory-related ED visits or hospitalizations, but greater risk for morbidity, all-cause ED visit or hospitalization among cannabis users.

The re-inhalation of carbon monoxide among smokers while wearing a mask promotes vascular dysfunction and may worsen CV health, according to findings from a single-center study.

Use of menthol cigarettes was associated with increased smoking frequency and nicotine dependence among youths in the U.S., according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in May.

An updated American Heart Association checklist that now includes sleep health metrics showed about 80% of U.S. adults have low to moderate CV health, with lowest scores occurring in the areas of diet, physical activity and BMI.

Primary care clinics that implemented an outreach intervention had a greater proportion of patients who converted from current to former smokers than clinics without the intervention, according to findings published in Preventive Medicine.

The FDA issued marketing denial orders to Juul Labs for all of their vaping devices and related products. As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products, and those currently on the U.S. market must be removed.

Evidence suggests vaping causes adverse CV and respiratory effects, so action must be taken to reduce or prevent access to e-cigarettes to adolescents, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.

SAN FRANCISCO — A study of North Philadelphia high school students highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on youth vaping patterns and cessation motivation, researchers reported at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Current smoking was associated with elevated risk for HF in a dose-response manner, according to a new analysis of the ARIC cohort.