Smoking and Tobacco News

A joint statement issued today by the American Association for Cancer Research and ASCO calls for the regulation of electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems.

Implementation of primordial prevention measures, such as not smoking, having a normal BMI, exercising and embracing a healthy diet, were associated with lower CHD risk in young women.

Nonsmokers hospitalized for CHD were usually neither advised about nor screened for secondhand smoke exposure, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Childhood exposure to parental smoking significantly increased the risk for respiratory symptoms into young adult life, according to recent study results.

The American Heart Association has issued policy recommendations for the regulation and oversight of electronic cigarettes.

Men and women who discontinued smokeless tobacco after MI cut their mortality risk in about half compared with adults who did not stop using smokeless tobacco, according to a new report.