Smoking and Tobacco News

High school students who use electronic cigarettes are more likely to initiate use of traditional cigarettes than their peers who do not engage in any type of smoking, according to JAMA.

The FDA has issued warning letters to three tobacco manufacturers that list cigarettes as “additive-free” and “natural” on the products’ labeling, according to a press release.

Rates of smoking among New Jersey residents with poor mental health have, for the most part, remained unchanged over the last decade, while smoking rates in residents with better mental health have significantly decreased, according to recently published data.

Patients who smoked before and after an acute MI had increased risk for angina and poorer health-related quality of life than those who had never smoked or quit smoking prior to or within 1 year after MI in a recent study.

Among young adults in the U.S., both hookah and e-cigarettes were viewed as less risky to use compared with traditional cigarettes, according to recently published data.

Rhinovirus appeared associated with a significant number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to study results.

Since the introduction of Chantix as a smoking cessation drug, the drug has appeared to have no major impact on the rate at which adult smokers nationwide have successfully quit, according to study results.

Children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia from households with two or more smokers appeared to have a longer length of stay than children from households with no smokers, according to study results.

Social influences associated with the increased prevalence of electronic cigarettes may be causing more teens to engage in traditional and electronic smoking behaviors, according to study results in Pediatrics

Exposure to tobacco smoke appeared more likely to increase the prevalence of allergic rhinitis symptoms in people, independent of allergic sensitization, according to study results.