Smoking and Tobacco News

Daily snuff use throughout the third trimester of pregnancy was associated with reduced median gestational length by more days compared with daily cigarette use, according to findings published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

ORLANDO — In this video, Cora Collette Breuner, MD, MPH, FAAP, discusses her presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition on the safety and efficacy of herbs and supplements taken by children and adolescents.

The impact vaping has on DNA is just as dangerous as smoking, with both users presenting with DNA changes associated with cancer development, according to a Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California press release.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In a cohort of South American young adults, those who smoked or vaped recorded lower scores on a cognitive assessment vs. those who did not, with a stronger correlation found between vapers and lower cognitive scores, data show.

Findings from an observational cohort study suggest a link between how soon someone begins to smoke after waking up each day and risk for chronic kidney disease.

Adults aged 28 years faced heightened odds for respiratory symptoms if they began smoking before turning 18 years old, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Among people who had ever smoked, those who quit had reduced risk for incident atrial fibrillation compared with those who had not, according to new data from the UK Biobank.

In young adults with normal spirometry, e-cigarette users and tobacco smokers had similar poorer exercise capacity vs. never vapers/smokers, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Even one or two cigarettes a day before or during pregnancy can increase the risk for several health complications in newborns, study results published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health showed.

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States dipped below 6% this year — the lowest level in a decade, according to federal data.