Smoking and Tobacco News

Individuals who began smoking at a younger age were more likely to be daily smokers as adults and less likely to have quit smoking by their 40s, according to findings from the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers found no link between cigarette smoking and the severity of COVID-19 among cases in China, according to results of a preliminary meta-analysis published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine.

In the randomized E3 trial, nicotine e-cigarettes combined with individual counseling was more effective for smoking cessation at 12 weeks than non-nicotine e-cigarettes with counseling or counseling alone.

The FDA has issued a final rule requiring new health warnings on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements that include textual statements and photo-realistic color images depicting some of the lesser-known but serious health risks of cigarette smoking, according to a press release.

Combining reduced-harm nicotine products can lead to improvement in smoking cessation without short-term harm, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

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Smokers can contaminate nonsmoking places and expose other people to high levels of thirdhand smoke, according to research published in Science Advances that found a movie theater was contaminated with nicotine and tobacco-related chemicals despite being a nonsmoking environment.

Vaping changes the microbiome of the mouth, making those who vape more prone to infections and inflammation, according to research published in iScience.

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association in June 2019 concluding that patients who smoked electronic cigarettes every day or some days had an increased risk for MI was retracted on Feb. 18, 2020.

A multi-disciplinary task force issued guidance for vaping-associated respiratory disease, or VARDS. The nationwide guidance, which was presented at the Society for Critical Care’s annual congress and concurrently published in Critical Care Explorations, recommended that physicians focusing on quickly identifying patients at risk for lung injury and familiarize themselves with vaping jargon.