Smoking and Tobacco News

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.

Studies on the risk for maternal, fetal and infant outcomes with exclusive vaping, smoking or nonuse during pregnancy have contradictory and unreliable conclusions with poor study quality, according to a systematic review.

Patients with tuberculosis who used tobacco faced a heightened risk for disease recurrence/relapse and death during treatment, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in CHEST.

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.

Individuals with unhealthy lifestyles may derive the most benefit from aspirin for colorectal cancer prevention, according to results of a prospective cohort study.

Individuals with type 2 diabetes who received semaglutide had lower probability for medical care related to tobacco dependence compared with other antidiabetes medications, the results of a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults smoked more frequently and had a heightened prevalence of COPD vs. heterosexual adults, according to research published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

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.

Children absorb significantly less nicotine when they are exposed to secondhand vapor from an e-cigarette compared with secondhand smoke, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.