Smoking and Tobacco News

President Trump has decided he will not sign a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes, The Washington Post and other outlets reported.

This year’s CHEST Annual Meeting, held from Oct. 19 to 23 in New Orleans, highlighted important research and issues in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

PHILADELPHIA — The American Heart Association unveiled a new three-pronged initiative focusing on new research, public advocacy and a youth activation campaign to combat the current epidemic of nicotine addition and e-cigarette use in youth.

In 2018, cigarette smoking among U.S. adults reached a low of 13.7% — the lowest prevalence recorded since 1965, according to new data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

PHILADELPHIA — Electronic cigarette use appears to have detrimental effects on lipid levels and myocardial blood flow compared with nonuse, according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, remain a focus in the investigation into the outbreak of lung injuries associated with use of electronic cigarettes or vaping, but new data from CDC’s Environmental Health Laboratory indicate that the presence of vitamin E acetate may also be a factor.

Healio Pulmonology has you covered. The Editors have compiled a list of popular articles posted on Healio Pulmonology in October.

New data published in JAMA from a nationally representative sample show that self-reported electronic cigarette use was high among high school and middle school students in 2019, with many reporting use of flavored products.

Juul might be one of the greatest marketing successes of the early 21st century, data suggest.

The manner through which some patients who are affected by e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, obtained their vaping devices had a similar theme in different parts of country, a CDC official said.