Smoking and Tobacco News

Quitting smoking and maintaining smoking cessation was associated with a reduced risk for developing hidradenitis suppurativa, according to a study.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a final rule raising the age of certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, according to an agency press release.

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.

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.