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FDA Authorizes Marketing of Nicotine Pouches, a First for the Agency

While niche for now, use of flavored nicotine sachets among youths raises concerns

Jan 16, 2025
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FDA Finally Proposes a Nicotine Crackdown, Years in the Making

Estimates suggest millions of deaths would be averted within the century

Jan 15, 2025
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Getting Lung Cancer Screening Staff Involved Improved Tobacco Cessation

An integrated intervention had the greatest impact in a randomized trial

Jan 13, 2025
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High Levels of Radon Exposure: Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes?

Significant link only seen in mothers-to-be who had ever smoked

Jan 10, 2025
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Heated Mittens for Hand OA; Pediatric Firearm and Motor Vehicle Deaths

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Jan 04, 2025
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Environmentally Friendlier COPD Inhaler May Also Be More Effective

Real-world data compare two single-inhaler triple therapies

Dec 30, 2024
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Most U.S. Teens Are Abstaining From Drinking, Smoking, and Marijuana, Survey Says

Pandemic lockdowns may have influenced patterns

Dec 17, 2024
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Supreme Court Doesn't Seem Convinced FDA Was Unfair in Blocking Flavored Vapes

Companies say agency changed its standards with little warning as it blocked sale of new products

Dec 03, 2024
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What's the Status of the Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes?

No one is saying for certain; a final rule is in process but has yet to be issued

Nov 21, 2024
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Early Smoking Cessation After Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Better Survival

Largest survival benefit observed in patients who entered a cessation program within 6 months

Oct 31, 2024
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Opinion
A Look at the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term

Public health is on the chopping block once again

Oct 28, 2024
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Metformin and Congenital Abnormalities; Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia

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Oct 26, 2024
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Teen Smoking, Other Tobacco Use Dropped to Lowest Level in 25 Years, CDC Reports

A drop in vaping largely explains the overall decline in tobacco use

Oct 18, 2024
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