Vaping

Non-small cell lung cancer is associated with poorer prognosis and has a unique presentation in elderly patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a recently published study showed

In a statement released today by the FDA, as of Aug. 27, one death and 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, have been reported in 25 states and additional reports are under investigation.

Nicotine-free e-cigarettes were harmful to blood vessels after just one use, according to study results published in Radiology.

From 2014 to 2016, the FDA’s “The Real Cost” media campaign aimed at children and adolescents has prevented as many as 587,000 youths nationwide from initiating smoking, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Women who use electronic cigarettes in addition to conventional cigarettes experience more sleep disturbances than nonsmokers and those who only use one product, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The FDA announced that it issued warning letters to four companies notifying them that 44 flavored e-liquid and hookah tobacco products are not authorized to be marketed and cannot be sold in the United States.

SAN ANTONIO — In this video exclusive, Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA, director of the Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program and professor of medicine at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, discusses strategies for tobacco cessation and CV hazards of vaping.