Smoking and Tobacco News

Among patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction, current smoking may be associated with increased risk for hospitalization for HF and CV death compared with former or never smokers, according to a study published in The American Journal of Cardiology.

Electronic cigarettes, initially marketed as a tool to quit combustible cigarette smoking, are becoming increasingly popular among young adults who do not smoke combustible cigarettes, and these sole e-cigarette users may engage in more high-risk lifestyle behaviors than nonusers, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The FDA took control of more than 1,000 pages of documents in a surprise inspection of e-cigarette maker Juul Labs last week, an FDA spokesperson told Healio Family Medicine, who also said the paperwork was connected to Juul’s marketing and sales practices.

Adolescents are more likely to use open-system e-cigarettes, which may pose health and injury risks, according to research published in Pediatrics.

The FDA announced today that it has taken enforcement actions in the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to youth.

Patients aged 12 to 21 years who used Juul and other recently developed pod electronic cigarette devices that resemble USB flash drives had levels of nicotine in their urine that were higher than those from combustible, traditional cigarettes, according to data published in Tobacco Control.

Among black women, consuming four or more alcoholic drinks per week is associated with a significant decrease in the risk for systemic lupus erythematosus, while cigarette smoking was linked to a nonsignificant increase in the risk for the disease, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Children who lived in households with adults who smoked or were depressed demonstrated a significant increase in ADHD prevalence, according to findings recently published in Asia-Pacific Psychiatry.

The AAP has issued a clinical report highlighting the outcomes of children born to mothers who use marijuana during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This report, the researchers said, is a response to the increasing number of pregnant and nonpregnant women who use the drug.

Exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood may increase the risk for rheumatoid arthritis as an adult among patients who later become light smokers — and potentially those who never become smokers — according to findings published in Rheumatology.