Cigarettes

Smoking Heart Disease

Even smoking a few cigarettes a day drastically increases risk of heart disease

Disposable vapes may have higher toxic metal levels than other cigarette products

More teens are using nicotine pouches – a tobacco product touted as a smoking alternative

The FDA wants to limit nicotine in cigarettes — a move that could save millions of lives

FDA nicotine limit

Fewer teens are using alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana than before the pandemic

Teen Drug Use

Vaping, even without nicotine, can have harmful cardiovascular effects

Vaping Cardiovascular Effects

Menthol cigarette ban would push people toward therapies to quit smoking, study suggests

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

LGBTQ people smoke cigarettes at higher rates, and they face barriers to quitting

LGBTQ Tobacco Use

Smoking cessation programs should combine behavioral interventions with medications, new guidelines say

WHO smoking

Hoping to clear the air in casinos, workers seek to ban tobacco smoke

Casino Smoking Bans

Effort to ban smoking in New Jersey casinos stalls due to lack of support

New Jersey Smoking Ban Casinos

There's a new effort in New Jersey to ban smoking in casinos

New lung cancer screening guidelines advise 5 million more people to get annual scans

Lung Cancer Screenings

Secondhand smoke can cause deadly health issues, but Pennsylvania casinos can still permit smoking

Pennsylvania Smoking Casinos

E-cigarette sales surged during the pandemic, CDC says

New Jersey bill would ban smoking inside Atlantic City casinos

Atlantic City Smoking Ban

Marijuana smokers are twice as likely as cigarette users to develop peraseptal emphysema, chest scans show

Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered

FDA proposes landmark ban on menthol cigarettes in effort to curb smoking

E-cigarettes are not an effective tool for smoking cessation, study suggests

Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy

Ultra Processed Foods

Smokers who quit before age 45 nearly eliminate risk of dying from lung cancer

Quit Smoking Cancer Risk

N.J.'s temporary ban on smoking in casinos expires on Sunday

New Jersey casinos smoking ban

Wildwood Crest bans smoking on the beach, imposes restrictions on marijuana use

Wildwood Crest beach smoking

FDA looks to ban menthol cigarettes in order to curb smoking

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher to quit smoking

Smoking during pandemic

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Youth vaping threatens to wipe out gains in cigarette use, health experts warn

Wawa to begin selling Nicorette products for smoking cessation

Wawa Nicorette

People with substance use disorder need action plans to mitigate COVID-19 risk, addiction experts say

COVID-19 Addiction

Vaping increases COVID-19 risk among teens, young adults, Stanford study finds

Vaping COVID-19

Smokers should begin cessation drugs, then decide when to quit

Smoking cessation guidelines

Smoking doubles young adults' risk of severe coronavirus complications

Smoking COVID-19 risk

One way to reduce smoking: Mandate standardized packaging, higher taxes

Cigarette packaging

New lung cancer screening guidelines would benefit women, Black people

New lung cancer screening guidelines

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Quit smoking at least 4 weeks before surgery, WHO advises

Quit smoking before surgery

U-Haul adopts policy to stop hiring smokers, e-cigarette users in 21 states

U-Haul truck lineup

Ten defining health care achievements of the 2010s, from artificial intelligence to immunotherapy

Affordable Care Act Obama 2010s

FDA greenlights sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine

FDA approves sale of reduced nicotine cigarettes

Congress considers restricting tobacco sales to anyone under age 21

New US smoking age limit

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