Smoking and Tobacco News

Among adolescents, e-cigarette use during late pregnancy was not statistically significantly associated with an increased small for gestational age birth risk, but cigarette use was, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Quitting smoking or other tobacco products can be difficult under the best circumstances. Cardiologists can help patients who want to quit, but data show more training is needed on optimal strategies and available therapies.

Women who quit smoking and were treated with the GLP-1 receptor agonist dulaglutide were less likely to experience substantial weight gain compared with those who received placebo, according to researchers.

TikTok videos that feature e-juice flavor names and e-cigarette brand names increased in prevalence from 2019 to 2022, according to results published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

The rate of e-cigarette use increased more than fivefold among adolescents in late pregnancy from 2016 to 2021, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

More than 60% of 12th graders who responded to a yearly survey of junior high and high school students reported not using alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days — the highest level of abstention in the survey’s history.

Among four preventable risk factors for cancer mortality, smoking tobacco resulted in the most deaths and years of life lost in seven countries, according to data published in eClinicalMedicine.

Oral nicotine pouches did not relieve nicotine cravings as well as cigarettes after 5 minutes of use, according to a study published in Addiction.

A rheumatologist’s decision to ask about tobacco use may potentially be the leading factor in whether a patient with ankylosing spondylitis quits smoking, according to data published in Cureus.

The date for the FDA’s finalized rule to prohibit menthol in cigarettes and flavors in cigars is now listed as March 2024.