Smoking and Tobacco News

Published data suggest at least 10% of pregnant women in the United States smoke, even though there is an abundance of data to indicate the risks it poses to unborn children. A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that a low-cost text message program may help some women quit smoking.

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E-cigarette use is an independent risk factor for incident respiratory disease, including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and COPD, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Vaping marijuana is becoming more prevalent among American teenagers, according to findings from the 2019 Monitoring the Future survey.

The FDA announced that it would allow the sale and marketing of Moonlight and Moonlight Menthol, two new reduced-nicotine cigarettes produced by 22nd Century Group Inc.

A new report published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society suggests that interventions to reduce air pollution can dramatically improve health outcomes.

Vitamin E acetate appears to be a common link among the products containing THC used by patients with electronic cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, in Minnesota, according to a report published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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As the outbreak of electronic cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injuries, or EVALI, continues, CDC has updated its interim guidance to help clinicians diagnose and treat patients with the condition in light of the approaching 2019-2020 influenza season.

Researchers have identified a new type of vaping-related injury in a Canadian teenager.