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Tobacco in the News


​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​
  •  New heated tobacco device causes same damage to lung cells as e-cigs and smoking
  •  E-Cigs Beat Nicotine Patch, Gum for Smoking Cessation in RCT
  •  FDA Threatens to Remove e-Cigarettes From Market
  •  AHA: Hookah Smoking Trendy, Despite Evidence of Health Risks
Summer 2018​
  • Tech Takes On Cigarette Smoking
  • Vaping tied to blood clots—in mice
  • E-cigarettes increase cardiovascular risk as much as cigarettes do
  • ​Pot Replacing Tobacco, Booze as Teens' Drug of Choice​
  • Ban E-Cig Flavors and Misleading Advertisements to Protect Youth, Says Global Respiratory Group
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. 
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