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Tailored, Interactive Texts Boost Vaping Cessation Rates in Teens
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 – A tailored, interactive text message intervention can increase self-reported nicotine vaping cessation rates among adolescents, according to a study published online Aug. 7...
Nicotine Analogue Concentrations Deviate From Labels
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 – There are discrepancies between labeled and measured concentrations of nicotine analogues in electronic cigarettes and e-cigarette liquids, according to a research letter...
Are Vape Makers Using Dubious Nicotine 'Mimics' to Bypass Regulations?
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – That vape pen might contain something even worse than nicotine, new research warns. Tobacco companies may be trying to duck federal restrictions on vaping products by...
Text Messaging Can Help Teens Kick the Vaping Habit
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – An interactive text-message support program can help teenagers quit vaping, a groundbreaking new clinical trial finds. Teens who subscribed to the anonymous program, called...
Smoking & Vaping Together Raise Lung Cancer Risks Even Higher
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – Experts have long suspected it, but a new study confirms that folks who vape and smoke tobacco face higher risks for lung cancer than if they'd done either alone. “From a p...
CDC: Despite Wanting to Quit, Only 8.8 Percent Quit Smoking in 2022
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 – Although about two-thirds of U.S. adults who smoked wanted to quit, only 8.8 percent of smokers quit in 2022, according to research published in the July 25 issue of the...
FDA Allows Marketing of Vuse Tobacco-Flavored Vapes
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the sale of the country's best-selling e-cigarette. The agency's decision only applies to several...
Parental Smoking Possibly Linked to Increased Risk for MS
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Exposure to parental smoking (ParS) is associated with an increased risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life in certain populations, according to a study presented at...
Nicotine Exposure Lower for Children Exposed to Secondhand Vapor
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Nicotine absorption is much lower in children who are exposed to secondhand vapor versus secondhand smoke, but it is still higher than among those exposed to neither,...
Four in 10 Cancer Cases, Nearly Half of Cancer Deaths Linked to Lifestyle
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Nearly half of cancer deaths and 4 of 10 cases of cancer are linked to a person’s lifestyle, a new study says. Cigarette smoking remains the biggest cancer risk, contributing ...
Cigarettes Worse Than Vaping for Secondhand Smoke Exposure
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb...
Study Looks at Impact of Incentivizing Smoking Cessation in Addition to Usual Care
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – Incentivizing smoking cessation increases smoking cessation through 12 weeks, but not at 26 weeks, when missing data are treated as smoking, according to a study published...
E-Cigarette Use Linked to Lower Use of Lung Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 – Electronic cigarette use is associated with a lower use of lung cancer screening (LCS), according to a research letter published online July 2 in JAMA Network Open. Qian...
Higher Engagement With Chat-Based Smoking Intervention Boosts Abstinence Rates
FRIDAY, July 5, 2024 – Higher levels of engagement with a chat-based smoking cessation intervention are associated with greater biochemically validated tobacco abstinence at three and six months,...
Unsafe Neighborhoods Could Drive Up Smoking Rates
THURSDAY, July 4, 2024 – It may sound far-fetched, but new research suggests that living in dangerous neighborhoods could trigger an unintended health harm: higher smoking rates among residents....