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Integrated Care Boosts Smoking Cessation When Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Integrated care (IC) involving medication and intensive counseling provides the best opportunity for smoking cessation in the context of lung cancer screening (LCS),...

FDA Approves Marketing of Nicotine Pouches

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Following an extensive scientific review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of 20 ZYN nicotine pouch products. Nicotine pouches – small...

Smoking Tied to Lower Earnings, Labor Market Participation

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Adverse consequences of tobacco smoking include reduced earnings and labor market participation, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in Nicotine & Tobacco Research....

Menthol Mimics Pose Challenge to Tobacco Bans

SUNDAY, Jan. 19, 2025 – Menthol cigarettes are under fire in the United States for promoting smoking among Black Americans, with a number of cities and states banning the smokes. In response, the...

FDA Proposes Nicotine Cap To Help Curb Cigarette Addiction

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – A rather historic U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal aims to make cigarettes and other tobacco products far less addictive by reducing their nicotine content....

FDA Proposes Nicotine Limits on Combustible Tobacco Products

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule to lower the level of nicotine in cigarettes and certain other combustible tobacco products in an effort to...

These Incentives Help People, Including Pregnant Smokers, Quit Smoking

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Smokers are better able to quit if they’re offered financial incentives for their efforts. Overall, smokers had up to a 54% better chance at kicking the habit if their q...

Shifts in Trends Noted for Trachea, Bronchus, Lung Cancer Mortality

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Tobacco-associated trachea, bronchus, and lung (TBL) cancer mortality is declining, while ambient particulate matter (PM)-associated TBL cancer mortality is increasing,...

It May Be Easier to Quit Smoking With Holistic or Integrated Health Approach

TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – It takes a village to help a smoker quit. And a new study published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that smokers had a nearly doubled success rate quitting when...

Incentives Aid Smoking Cessation Across Populations

TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – There is high-certainty evidence that incentives improve smoking cessation rates at long-term follow-up across populations, according to a review published online Jan. 13...

Three in 10 U.S. Adults Aware of Menthol-Mimicking Cigarettes

TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – A substantial proportion of U.S. adults are aware of and have already experimented with synthetic cooling agent menthol-mimicking cigarettes, according to a study published...

The Best Ways to Quit Vaping

FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – Text-based support programs are one of the best ways to help young people quit vaping, a new evidence review says. These texts offer motivational messages and tips for...

Analyses Suggest No Causal Effect of Smoking Behavior on Chronic Kidney Disease

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Smoking behavior seems to not have a causal effect on chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk in White individuals, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in Health Data...

Every Cigarette Smoked Could Cost You 22 Minutes of Life, Research Says

THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2025 – Considering a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking? New research might provide all the motivation you need: Each cigarette could shorten your life by up to 22 minutes, r...

Early Adoption of Tobacco 21 Policies Can Avert Premature Mortality

FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – Early adoption and implementation of Tobacco 21 (T21) policies, with a minimum legal access age for tobacco products of 21 years, is associated with potential premature...

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