Smoking and Tobacco News

A study found no significant association between e-cigarette use alone and increased odds of wheezing among adolescents aged 12 to 17, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read pulmonology news from the recent virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read pulmonology news published in September.

iCanQuit, an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smoking cessation app, helped more smokers quit than the National Cancer Institute’s QuitGuide, a U.S. clinical practice guidelines app based on avoidance of smoking triggers, data show.

Smoking may increase the risk for fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage and potentially affect the familial manifestation of this event, researchers found in an analysis of the Finnish Twin Cohort.

The prevalence of e-cigarette use increased from 2016 to 2018, with the largest rises in young adults and students, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Approximately 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 20 middle school students report e-cigarette use in 2020, and use of disposable e-cigarettes, in particular, has increased sharply, according to new data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Flavorings combine with solvents in electronic cigarettes to produce unstable chemicals that may cause respiratory effects in users, according to new data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Patients who started or continued smoking after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis experienced greater risk for stroke compared with patients who quit or never smoked, researchers reported.

Adolescents and young adults who used both e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes were seven times more likely to acquire COVID-19, data show.