Smoking and Tobacco News

Youth who use electronic cigarettes are 3.5 times more likely to have smoked marijuana, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

From 2014 to 2016, the FDA’s “The Real Cost” media campaign aimed at children and adolescents has prevented as many as 587,000 youths nationwide from initiating smoking, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

A new study confirms that heavy smokers have a significantly lower CVD risk within 5 years compared with current smokers. However, compared with individuals who never smoked, the risk for CVD remained significantly elevated beyond 5 years.

As of Aug. 17, 94 possible cases of severe respiratory disease associated with use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, including 30 cases in Wisconsin, have been reported in 14 states from June 28 to Aug. 15, according to the CDC.

Pediatricians can help parents quit smoking by routinely screening them for tobacco use and offering them cessation assistance during their child’s appointment, study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics suggest.

The FDA has issued a proposed rule that would require cigarette packaging and advertisements to include new health warnings with photo-realistic images about the lesser-known, but serious, health risks of cigarette smoking, according to an agency press release.

Women who use electronic cigarettes in addition to conventional cigarettes experience more sleep disturbances than nonsmokers and those who only use one product, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Nonsmoking workers in states without comprehensive smoke-free laws are more likely to be frequently exposed to workplace secondhand smoke than workers in states with comprehensive smoke-free laws, according to findings published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The FDA announced that it issued warning letters to four companies notifying them that 44 flavored e-liquid and hookah tobacco products are not authorized to be marketed and cannot be sold in the United States.

Questions that assessed frequency of use of alcohol, cannabis and other illicit drugs correctly determined which adolescents had substance use disorders, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.