Smoking and Tobacco News

Recent data suggest that several state regulations on the use, marketing and sale of e-cigarettes may be associated with current use of these products among adults in the U.S.

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A video patient decision aid delivered to tobacco quit line clients led to more informed decision making about lung cancer screening, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

The percentage of teens and young adults who reported ever using Juul e-cigarette device more than doubled from 2018 to 2019 — suggesting a need for regulations, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Marijuana vaping among adolescents in the United States increased from 2018 to 2019, including an absolute increase of more than 6.5% in 12th graders, according to survey results published in JAMA.

In 2014, CVS Health said it would stop selling tobacco products, suggesting that such sales contradicted the company’s goal of promoting health.

The surgeon general today released a new report — the 34th report on tobacco and the first in 30 years to focus on smoking cessation — that details the latest science on comprehensive interventions to help people quit smoking.

Within 3 months after acute ischemic stroke, current smokers are at greater risk for unfavorable functional outcomes than patients who quit smoking or never started, according to research published in Stroke.

Despite the modest strength of current evidence, cardiologists should screen and test their patients for marijuana use in select CV settings, according to a review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Newly reported cases of electronic cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injuries, or EVALI, in the United States continued to steadily decline, according to a new report from the CDC.