Smoking and Tobacco News

A recent study showed that excess cardiovascular and respiratory mortality among former smokers was less than half of that among continuing smokers within the first decade of smoking cessation.

Cigarette smoking has decreased among young adults in the United States, but nearly 15% reported regularly using e-cigarettes in 2021, a level higher than previously reported, according to study findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Surgeons used breast implants to hold a man’s heart in place during a double-lung transplant after he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal infection after years of smoking and vaping.

Survey responses analyzed by the CDC and FDA showed that 10% of middle and high school students in the United States reported currently using a tobacco product, although use fell among high schoolers over the past year.

A tobacco cessation program was cost-effective and increased smoking cessation rates by 7.4%, a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed.

WASHINGTON — Cases of a rare cannabis-related condition increased significantly in one Michigan hospital after the state legalized marijuana, researchers reported here.

The FDA moved to ban the sale of six flavored e-cigarette products sold under the Vuse Alto brand of R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, according to a press release from the agency.

Young people who vape, especially those dependent on nicotine, are at higher risk for depression, and primary care physicians should make vaping cessation a priority to improve their mood, according to an expert.

HONOLULU — Recently diagnosed patients with e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, were younger and less critically ill than those from earlier in the epidemic, according to research presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Most adolescents who use e-cigarettes have attempted to quit in the past year but usually without seeking outside help, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.