E-cigarette smoking in youth poses a major health concern, according to a surgeon general since the habit may lead the youth to addiction.
The minimum age in Chicago for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products is increasing to 21 at the end of the week.
FDA’s onslaught of recently published e-cigarette regulations is reportedly going to create a black market given the tons of paperwork involved and the ridiculously expensive approval process for each product that costs around millions of dollars. Meanwhile, UK’s Royal College of Physicians advocate the use of e-cigarettes as tobacco substitutes and a way for smokers to quit smoking.
After grueling policy debates, Democratic Governor of California Jerry Brown has just approved a series of regulations that restrict tobacco use statewide. One of these approved measures is raising the legal smoking age from 18 to 21.
The UK-based Royal College of Physicians has recently published a 200-page report on Thursday advising and even recommending e-cigarettes as an effective smoking cessation aid for smokers. The report, however, contradicts earlier US findings linking vaping devices to higher likelihood of trying or going back to traditional tobacco-based smoking habit.
Even though cigarette smoking has reduced significantly in U.S. in the last ten years, it still remains a public-health hazard.
Those who smoke reduced nicotine cigarettes can be induced to lessen the frequency of their smoking and eventually quit, found new research.
A study on stroke victims claims that the insular cortex of the brain can be targeted to help smokers quit without experiencing severe withdrawal.
The company also pointed out in a study that the number of nicotine patches it sold increased as did the number of people who attended smoking cessation sessions.
The enzyme was discovered in a bacteria that lives in the soil of tobacco fields. The bacteria uses nicotine to meet its carbon and nitrogen needs.
A new study from Kings College London overturns prevailing notion that psychotic people were more likely to smoke.
The number of e-cigaratte users increased by half a million last year in Britain.
While revealing the alarming findings, the CDC and FDA also called for regulation over these tobacco products.
Concerns about the hookah's growing popularity across the globe was discussed at World Tobacco or Health conference.
The study is significant given the increased ad spending on e-cigarettes.
