Addiction

Cigarette smoking declining among American adults

Cigarette smoking at lowest level in 55 years, but more adults are vaping

More vapers are making their own juice, but not without risks

DIY Vaping Danielle Jones Kaiser Health News

Deep brain stimulation may offer a new tool to fight opioid addiction

WVU researchers use deep brain stimulation to treat patients with opioid use disorder

Detroit doctors perform first double-lung transplant on patient with vaping injury

Vaping Double Lung Transplant Detroit

Popular dietary supplement kratom may cause liver damage

kratom dietary supplement liver damage

Vitamin E acetate may have caused some vaping illnesses, CDC says

Vaping crisis breakthrough Vitamin E acetate

Flavor bans multiply, but menthol continues to divide

Menthol Cigarettes

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

Most high school vapers prefer Juul e-cigarettes

High school students prefer Juul e-cigarettes, survey finds

Diabetes drug found to reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

Nicotine Diabetes

How much is too much when it comes to drinking alcohol?

alcohol unsplash

Philadelphia saved billions of dollars with syringe exchange programs, study says

Syringe needle exchanges Philadelphia

Lehigh County residents sue Juul claiming company marketed e-cigarettes to teens

Lawsuits Lehigh County Juul

Pennsylvania strikes $48 billion opioid epidemic deal with 5 companies

Opioids Shapiro

Gambling near-misses don't encourage your brain to keep betting after all, study suggests

Gambling brain study

Philly bill proposed to restrict city sales of vaping products

Vaping Philly Bill

Vapers accuse officials of overreach as investigation into deadly lung illness lags

Vaping Advocates

Alaska remains the only state without a vaping-related illness

Vaping Illnesses Alaska

Pennsylvania confirms first death linked to vaping-related lung illness

Vaping death Pennsylvania

Delaware confirms first death linked to vaping-related lung illness

Vaping Delaware

Vaping-related illnesses now surpass 1,000

Surge of vaping illnesses expected to continue

Here's what you need to know about the youth vaping epidemic

Youth vaping epidemic

DEA authorized greater opioid production as deaths mounted, report finds

D.E.A. opioid Inspector General

New Jersey confirms first death tied to national vaping epidemic

vaping death new jersey

FDA, DEA target websites illegally selling opioids

FDA,DEA target illegal opioid sellers online

THC products the 'most prominent link' among vaping-related illnesses

THC Vaping-related Illnesses

Will Pennsylvania be the next state to raise the smoking age to 21?

smoking cigarette

Vaping-related lung disease deaths hit double-digits

Vaping related deaths reach double digits

Chester County parents arrested after 11-month-old ingests, overdoses on heroin while they slept

infant heroin overdose

Juul CEO stepping down amid vaping public health crisis

juul apology

Camouflaged vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schools

Vaping hoodie

TV broadcast companies shun vaping ads, Walmart to stop carrying e-cigarettes

Walmart e-cigarette ban

Eye surgeons prescribed more opioids as procedures became less invasive, study finds

Eye Surgery Opioid Prescriptions

FDA opens parallel criminal investigation into vaping-related lung illnesses

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

Longtime crusader against OxyContin begins to see the fruits of her struggle

Barbara Van Rooyan CSPAN 09182019

Vaping-related death count now at seven

vaping death lungs

Potential carcinogen in menthol e-cigarettes exceeds safety levels, study finds

Vaping pulegone carcinogen cancer

Pennsylvania has at least 17 vaping-related lung disease cases

vaping death lungs

South Jersey teens sue Juul for deceptive marketing

Juul sued by South Jersey Teens

Trump administration to ban flavored e-cigarettes

Trump to ban flavored e-cigarettes

Flavored e-cigarettes more likely to turn youth into regular users, study finds

Vape Pen 09112019

Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness

Vaping Pen THC FLickr 09102019

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