Smoking and Tobacco News

Health professionals are having mixed reactions to Juul’s announcement that it would suspend the sales of its nontobacco and nonmenthol-based flavors.

Smoking any type of cigarette is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer incidence and death, but unfiltered cigarettes pose the greatest risk, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

NEW ORLEANS — As the number of cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use, or vaping, continues to grow, pulmonologists and public health officials are shining a spotlight on the disease, its presentation and ongoing efforts to target the cause.

NEW ORLEANS — In a new study, hospital readmission rates for pulmonary embolism were increased for active smokers compared with nonsmokers.

This year’s CHEST Annual Meeting, which is being held from Saturday to Wednesday in New Orleans, will feature presentations of new research, discussions from keynote speakers on important topics in health care and opportunities for learning through hands-on simulations and gamification.

The effect of electronic cigarettes without nicotine on allergic airway disease may depend on flavor, which suggests that some flavored e-cigarettes may alter the pathophysiology of asthma, a recent study on mice suggests.

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

As of Oct. 8, 1,299 confirmed and probable cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use, or vaping, have been reported by 49 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There have also been 26 deaths confirmed and reported to CDC from 21 states, according to a statement from CDC.

Nearly all Medicaid-insured adolescents and young adults with diagnosed nicotine use disorder, or NUD, do not receive counseling or pharmacologic treatment for their condition, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Flavored e-cigarette use among high school and middle school students is rising, according to data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.