Tobacco

Inhaled dual bronchodilator therapy did not decrease respiratory symptoms among individuals who were current or former smokers and had respiratory symptoms but preserved lung function without COPD, according to results of the RETHINC study.

Initiating tobacco use during childhood was associated with inferior cognitive function and reduced brain structure, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

A growing number of U.S. adults who use cannabis daily may not perceive heavy tobacco use as harmful, researchers reported in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

The FDA issued marketing denial orders to Juul Labs for all of their vaping devices and related products. As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products, and those currently on the U.S. market must be removed.

SAN DIEGO — Tobacco and marijuana use may impact gestational weight gain, according to findings presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

A new study published in JAMA highlights the prevalence of unsuccessful quit attempts among adolescents who use either e-cigarettes or cigarettes over the past 13 years.

Consumption of a higher-quality diet was associated with lower odds of wheezing among adolescents with substantial environmental tobacco smoke exposure, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

In the United States, 47.1 million adults reported using commercial tobacco products in 2020, including 30.8 million adults who reported smoking cigarettes, according to data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

More than 2.5 million middle and high school students in the United States reported current use of a tobacco product in 2021, according to results from the National Youth Tobacco Survey that were published Thursday in MMWR.

Many e-cigarette and hookah smokers exhale aerosols through the nose, which may increase risk for lung inflammation and nose, sinus and throat cancers, according to findings published in Tobacco Use Insights.