Vaping
Vaping, smoking negatively impact exercise capacity in young adults
In young adults with normal spirometry, e-cigarette users and tobacco smokers had similar poorer exercise capacity vs. never vapers/smokers, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.
Youth e-cigarette use hits 10-year low in US
E-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States dipped below 6% this year — the lowest level in a decade, according to federal data.
Q&A: E-cigarettes doubling as gaming devices put youth at risk for addiction
Vaping devices with games are creating an even bigger challenge when it comes to convincing adolescents not to vape, posing dangers of nicotine addiction and gaming disorder, according to a press release.
Novel e-cigarette products include less nicotine analog than labeled
The measured amount of 6-methylnicotine, a nicotine analog, was 87% to 88% less than the amount on the label for all nine flavors of the Spree Bar e-cigarette, according to a research letter published in JAMA.
Quality of studies on vaping during pregnancy poor, with mixed evidence for most outcomes
Studies on the risk for maternal, fetal and infant outcomes with exclusive vaping, smoking or nonuse during pregnancy have contradictory and unreliable conclusions with poor study quality, according to a systematic review.
Text message intervention lowers e-cigarette use in adolescents
Receiving daily text messages as part of an e-cigarette cessation intervention led to a larger vaping abstinence rate at 7 months vs. a control treatment in adolescents, according to results published in JAMA.
Quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis may alter prognosis, provide ‘dramatic’ benefits
Individuals with laryngeal cancer who stop smoking in the 2- to 4-week window between diagnosis and their first treatment can significantly improve their response to therapy, survival rates and quality of life.
FDA authorizes non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette products for the first time
After “an extensive scientific review,” the FDA announced that it has authorized the marketing of four menthol-flavored e-cigarette products through its premarket tobacco product application pathway.
E-cigarette, vaping associated with ocular injury, increased risk for dry eye disease
In addition to accidental ocular injury associated with e-cigarettes, chronic users may experience reduced tear film quality and stability, potentially increasing the risk for dry eye disease, according to a systematic review.
FDA reverses marketing denial orders on Juul vaping devices, products
The FDA announced that it has revoked its previous marketing denial orders to Juul Labs in part because of new case law and further review, according to a press release from the agency.