Tobacco in the News
Spring/Summer 2023
Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter 2022 -2023
Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter 2021-2022
Spring/Summer/Fall & Winter 2020-2021
Fall/Winter 2019 - 2020
- Study shows how behavioral economics can help cancer patients quit smoking
- Starting July 1, tobacco companies must post signs about health risks of smoking at about 220,000 stores across U.S.
- Earlier smoking cessation may improve lung cancer survival
- Cancer death rates decline across congressional districts, but disparities remain
- Researcher aims to combat high smoking rates among construction workers
Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter 2022 -2023
- Smoking cessation, rather than reduction, linked to lower risk for dementia
- Current Smokers at Breast Cancer Diagnosis Face Higher Death Risk
- Smoking increases the risk of illness and viral infection, including type of coronavirus
- US states with the highest smoking rates in 2022
- Fewer people tried to quit smoking during COVID-19 pandemic, study shows
- Primary care intervention significantly improves smoking cessation
- Health technology may help people with cancer quit smoking
- Study suggests e-cigarettes reverse decades of decline in percentage of US youth struggling to quit nicotine
- E-cigarettes linked to greater odds for prediabetes
- Vaping May Be Worse Than Smoking for Your Nose and Throat
Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter 2021-2022
- Flavored Vapes Still in Stores Despite Federal Ban
- Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
- New research shows more cancer patients being reached with smoking cessation services
- Smoking highly likely to worsen COVID-19 severity and risk of associated death
- Vaping prevention critical as teens head back to school during ongoing pandemic
- Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study
- COVID-19 and the “Lost Year” for Smokers Trying to Quit
- FDA Commits to Evidence-Based Actions Aimed at Saving Lives and Preventing Future Generations of Smokers
- Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
- Tobacco Use Disorder: How to Break the Chain
- More Lung Injury Seen With Vaping Cannabis vs Vaping, Smoking Nicotine
- Most pediatric clinicians do not provide smoking cessation counseling to parents
- Menthols Lured 10 Million Americans to Smoking Since 1980: Study
- Paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19
Spring/Summer/Fall & Winter 2020-2021
- Cancer Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking in 152 U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
- Do vaping and e-cigarettes hurt your health?
- Scientists discover link between nicotine and breast cancer metastasis
- Teen vaping doubles risk for subsequent tobacco use
- Young Adults Have Cut Back on Vaping, Drinking During COVID-19: Here’s Why
- Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
- Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
- 179 Organizations Worldwide Call on Google to Ban Apps that Encourage Smoking and Vaping from Google Play Store
- Smoking Initiation Shifting from Teens to Young Adults
- Vaping Lures Teens to Smoking: Study
- 2.3% of US population reports current e-cigarette use
- New Study Finds Largest Population Increase Among U.S. Adult Electronic Cigarette Users is in Younger Adults That Have Never Smoked Combustible Cigarettes
- AHA News: Lung Injuries Should Be a Warning About Vaping's Risks
- Youth e-cigarette use is down, but 3.6 million still use e-cigarettes
- Vaping, marijuana use in 2019 rose in college-age adults
- First-of-its-Kind Text Message Quit Vaping Program, This is Quitting, Enrolls More Than 200,000 Young E-Cigarette Users To Help Them Quit
- Tips® campaign led 1 million US adults to quit smoking during 2012-2018
- COVID-19 Risk Up to 7 Times Higher for Young Vapers
- Flavored cigarette ban significantly reduced youth smoking, new study finds
- Juul-Type E-Cigarettes May Be Especially Addictive for Teens: Study
- E-Cigarette Users Have Carcinogen Biomarkers Linked to Bladder Cancer in Their Urine
Fall/Winter 2019 - 2020
- Another Vaping Hazard: Less-Healthy Mouths
- Social Media Helped Juul Dominate the Vaping Market. Now, Teens Are Using It to Help Each Other Quit
- Vaping Is the Darling of Instagram
- Study links vaping, risk for stroke
- Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Riskier for Older Patients
- New studies show vaping illnesses tapering off
- Vaping of marijuana on the rise among teens
- Number of youth who start vaping at 14 or before has tripled
- Vitamin E Compound Likely Culprit Behind Vaping Lung Illnesses, Study Finds
- Graphic Photos Coming to U.S. Cigarette Packs
- Do You Ask Your Patients About Vaping Now?
- Doctors Spot a New, Severe Lung Illness Tied to Vaping
- Millions Who Never Smoked Cigarettes Are Using Other Tobacco Products
- Tobacco cessation programs may up quit rates in cancer patients
- E-cig use jumps 46.2 percent among young adults in one year
Summer 2019
- Are Hookahs Safer Than Cigarettes? Chemical Study Says No Way
- Michigan ban highlights threat of flavored e-cigarettes to young people
- Vaping Constricts Blood Vessels, Raising Heart, Lung Concerns
- E-Cig Use Triples Odds That Teens Will Smoke Pot: Study
- The E-Cigarette Debate: What Counts as Evidence?
- Juul's Mission: Convince 1 Billion Smokers to Switch Habits
- Flavored e-cigs appeal to new nicotine users, Stanford study finds
- My Life, My Quit - A Youth Tobacco and Vaping Cessation Program
- 'Natural' and 'organic' cigarettes are just like other cigarettes
- San Francisco Bans Sale of Juul and Other E-Cigarettes
- Women Under 50 Who Smoke Carry Higher Risk For Heart Attack
- Experts Want Doctors to Add Vaping to Youth Prevention Pitch
- 'Secret Shopper' Study Shows How Easily Teens Can Buy E-Cigs
Spring 2019
- Exposure to e-Cig Liquids Linked to Cell Damage In Vitro
- Vaping May Hurt the Lining of Your Blood Vessels
- E-cigarette use, flavorings may increase heart disease risk, study finds
- Tobacco and e-cigarette promotions spark teens' use of nicotine products, study finds
- JUUL electronic cigarette products linked to cellular damage
Winter 2018 - 2019
Summer 2018
Spring 2018
- Higher Formaldehyde Risk in E-Cigarettes Than Previously Thought.
- E-Cigarettes Don't Help Smokers Quit, But Cash Might.
- Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people from extreme poverty and poor health.
- Tobacco products promoted on Facebook despite policies, researchers find.
- E-Cigarette Use Linked to Lower Rate of Smoking Cessation.
- FDA moves to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them less addictive.